Police have arrested 206 alleged criminals during the past two and a half months in northern Takhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police chief Muwlavi Ziaul Haq Hamid told media that the Crime Branch police personnel had…
A primary court in southern Kandahar province has sentenced a man to death as qisas (retribution) for murder and seven other people to various jail terms and lashes. Officials say the eight individuals had been arrested for various…
Security forces have arrested a six-member group of thieves and separately confiscated and torched 6.5 tonnes of ephedra plant in central Bamyan province, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Mohammad Khawani Rasa told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Ten people have been arrested in connection with various crimes during the past one week in northern Balkh province, police said on Wednesday. Balkh police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said the suspects had been arrested in different parts…
Police in northern Balkh province arrested 1143 people, including 133 women, in connection with 660 criminal cases during the past one year. Balkh police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri on Saturday briefed journalists about police performance in fighting crimes,…
Nearly 3000 people have been arrested in connection with 2,629 different criminal incidents in Kabul during the past one year, police said on Wednesday. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran today briefed journalists about security forces’ achievements in preventing…
An 18-year-old girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province, where a man was shot dead over a land dispute. Kandahar governor's spokesman Haji Zaid told Pajhwok the body of…
Sixteen people were publicly whipped in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province on Thursday after being convicted of theft and adultery. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, Deputy Director of Information and Culture Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Police have arrested 157 people accused of various crimes during the past one month in eastern Nangarhar province. The arrested individuals faced charges of theft, murder, moral corruption, fraud and drug trafficking and selling. Nangarhar police spokesman Haji…
Police on Tuesday said they arrested 518 people for committing different crimes during the past one year in southeastern Paktia province and 47 others are on the run. Police spokesman Mohammad Al-Badari told a press conference here that…
Police have arrested more than a dozen people for allegedly possessing narcotics and other criminal materials in various areas of Kabul City. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran tweeted anti-narcotics officials conducted raids in different areas of Kabul, arresting 13…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday said 831 people had been arrested across the country for various crimes in the past one month and 12 others rescued from the clutches of their kidnappers. Ministry of Interior (MoI)…
Police in eastern Nangarhar province say at least 246 individuals have been detained in connection with various crimes during the last one month. The detainees are accused of crimes including murder, kidnapping, robbery, moral corruption and others. Deputy…
Police have arrested 250 people in connection with various crimes during the past six month in northern Balkh province, an official said on Wednesday. Balkh Police Chief Maulvi Matiullah Saifullah told a press conference in Mazar-e-Sharif that security…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday asked international foundations to investigate Taliban’s crimes against humanity.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Thursday said 18 criminals have been arrested in capital Kabul during past 24 hours. A MoI statement received by Pajhwok Afghan News said police detained 18 people during patrols in Kabul city.…
More than 2,300 suspects have been arrested in connection with terrorist attacks, kidnappings and planting bombs in western Herat province during the past year, an official said Wednesday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
More than 400 people have been arrested in connection with different crimes in capital Kabul during the past one month and the crackdown is being extended to nearby Paghman and Khak-i-Jabbar districts, an official said Thursday. Kabul Police…
The Interior Ministry on Friday said police had detained ten alleged criminals from various police districts of Kabul. Interior Ministry’s acting spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the alleged criminals were arrested on Thursday in the first,…
Residents and police in southeastern Paktia province say criminals after being arrested are released soon due to corruption in judicial organs. The residents said if individuals involved in crimes are able to dodge the law, it would negatively…
Nearly 70 people have been arrested in connection with different crimes in southern Ghazni province, police said on Sunday. Police chief Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told in a press conference here that 39 individuals were captured over…
