Crime

TALOQAN (PAN-designated district chief for Rustaq district in the northern province of Takhar has been arrested, the intelligence department said on Tuesday. Mullah Imamuddin, the

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, an official said on Monday. The gunmen sought money from contractors in return for letting them continue snow-clearing operations, the Afghanistan Natural

ASADABAD (PAN): An 80-year-old man was sentenced to 16 years in jail for killing his wife in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Tuesday.

SHIBERGHAN (PAN): Two employees of the population registration department in northern Jawzjan province were detained on Tuesday on charges of making fake national identity cards

SHBIRGHAN (PAN): Two employees of the appellant court were arrested on charges of bribery in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Monday. A National Directorate

Heart (PAN): A head of kidnappers detained in Heart province during an operation by Afghan security forces, official said on Wednesday. Sharif Ahmad, a head

HERAT CITY (PAN insurgents have been detained in the western province of Herat, the spy agency said on Wednesday. Three Taliban fighters, hailing from Gulran

KABUL): Sixteen people were sentenced from eight to 20 years in jail on charges of drug, acid and morphine trafficking, the criminal justice task force

PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Two beheaded bodies were found in the Dahna-i-Ghori district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Saturday. The decapitated corpses were discovered late

KABUL): Five people have died and 16 others are in hospital after consuming poisonous alcohol at an engagement ceremony in Kabul, doctors said. But relatives

PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Residents of north eastern Baghlan province complained members of provincial council were not present in their office most of the time as they

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN fighters in the central province of Logar, officials said on Wednesday. The men were detained from their house as a result of a