Narcotics are being openly sold in southern Ghazni province and as a result, the number of drug addicts is on the increase, officials of a drug addicts rehabilitation centre say. Nasraullah Naeemi, the centre head, told Pajhwok…
KABUL Minister Ferozuddin Feroz on Monday said the number of individuals addicted to drugs would continue to increase until security personnel shunned peddling the drugs and prevented their smuggling. Feroz was summoned to the Wolesi Jirga or lower house of…
Police have recovered 47 kilograms heroin, 24 kilograms opium, and 11 kilograms of hashish during raids and search in parts of the country, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Saturday. Security officials have seized 15 kilograms of…
Four people have been detained on charges of dealing in drugs in the central province of Bamyan, officials said on Friday. The detainees, involved in selling heroin and opium, were arrested by security personnel, the counternarcotics officer…
Police recovered narcotics weighing 1600 kilograms from a truck during a search in the capital of central Logar province on Saturday. Logar crime branch police chief Col. Mohammad Jan Abid told Pajhwok Afghan News the drugs (hashish) were…
Police have seized around 200 kilograms of opium and apprehended three alleged smugglers in northern Kunduz and Takhar provinces, an official said on Saturday. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangal Bagh, police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News police had…
More than 1,400 kilograms of narcotics have been seized and five alleged smugglers detained in connection to drugs trafficking in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Saturday. Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Dilawar Shah Dilawar told Pajhwok Afghan…
Police in eastern Nangarhar and central Logar provinces detained two smugglers and recovered 700 kilograms of drugs from their possession, officials said on Tuesday. Logar Police Chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that police…
Publish Date: Apr 14, 2015 Category: General Afghan National Police have seized 134 kilos of opium, 46 kilos of heroin and 10 kilos of hashish at Jowzjan- Balkh highway. The opium were loaded and placed onto a vehicle while Afghan…
At least three smugglers were detained in northeastern Badakhshan province with 20 kilograms of heroin and half ton of chemicals, officials said on Sunday. Lt. Gen. Baba Jan, police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the heroin was skillfully…
Police have detained ten smugglers and recovered hundreds of kilograms of drugs and other valuable from their possessions from different parts of the country, a statement from the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said Saturday. Police recovered…
Police in different operations have seized around one-and-a-half tonnes of narcotics and detained seven alleged smugglers in northern Taluqan and southern Helmand provinces, officials said Sunday. Border police in Helmand claimed one ton of narcotics had been recovered…
Senior counternarcotics officials on Tuesday said poppy cultivation and drug smuggling continued to increase in the country and the level of drugs seized had declined. Deputy Counternarcotics Minister Muhammad Ibrahim Azhar told a gathering in Kabul that narcotics…
Police captured a truck and recovered hundreds of kilograms of drugs from it in northern Takhar province on Sunday, an official said. Police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Hanan Qataghani told Pajhwok Afghan News four persons had been arrested…
Afghan security forces have detained four people and recovered 700 kilograms of hashish from their possession during an operation in southeastern Paktia province, the police chief said on Thursday. Maj. Gen. Zalmai Oryakhel told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Police have seized 218 kilograms of narcotics in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Monday. Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh told Pajhwok Afghan News the drugs were recovered from a well during an operation…
Three militants, including a commander, were killed in northern Kunduz province, police said on Sunday. The provincial police chief told Pajhwok Afghan News a group of militants planning to attack a security check post…
Police on Saturday detained six people on charges of trafficking more than one ton of narcotics in eastern Nangarhar and southwestern Nimroz provinces, officials said. Nangarhar police chief Col. Fazal Ahmad Shirzad told a news conference around 230…
More and more people, particularly young men, are becoming drug addicts due to abject poverty and increasing unemployment in central Panjsher people, residents complained on Wednesday. Parvaiz Joya, a resident of Bahadur Khel district, told Pajhwok News that…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai has said combating the menace of narcotics needed a joint international strategy. A statement from the Presidential Palace said Ahmadzai talking to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Yury Fedotov,…
KABUL needed international assistance in the fight against narcotics -- a top priority of the new government. About 360 kilograms of heroin, 29 kilograms of morphine, 120 kg of opium, over 74 kg of hashish, 162 kg of solid chemical…
Police seized 70 kilograms of drugs from a car near the Iranian border in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Sunday. The drugs included 48 kg of heroin and 20 kg of opium, police chief Brig. Gen.…
Police have seized 640 kilograms of opium during separate operations in Helmand and Badakhshan provinces, the Ministry of Interior announced on Friday. A statement from the ministry said the operations were conducted by a special unit of counternarcotics…
Acting Counter-narcotics Minister Din Mohammad Mubarez on Tuesday acknowledged the government’s strategy was a failure and so far no proper effort had been made in this regard. Testifying before the Meshrano Jirga annually. Acting Public Health Minister Dr.…
