The residents of central Uruzgan province have complained about growing incidents of robbery and kidnapping in the province. Local authorities, however, pledged to arrest criminals and miscreants and try them according to the law. The residents of Uruzgan…
An illegal armed group commander, Nizamuddin Qaisari, on Thursday said he could expose the kidnappers of a nine-years-old boy in northern Balkh province if the Presidential Palace and the National Security Council asked him for help. He said…
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped the son of the Moneychangers’ Union head in northern Kunduz province on Sunday, a public representative said. SayedAsadullah Sadat, a member of the provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the son of Haji Khan…
Taliban province, officials said. Public health director Dr. Juma Yaqobi said the Taliban abducted the six people along with an ambulance while returning from Lal wa Sarjangal district’s hospital. He urged influential tribal figures to cooperate with them…
Unidentified people kidnapped a 13-year-old child from first police district of Charikar, the capital of central Parwan province on Wednesday, an official said. Farhad Hashemi, provincial crime branch chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News Mohammad Ismail, was kidnapped by…
Two education Zarghoon district of western Herat province, an official said on Monday. The district’s administrative chief, Nisar Ahmad Popal, told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban seized Basheer Ahmad, supervisor of the Teacher Training College (TTC), and a…
Child kidnapping incidents have recently spiked in the country. After their abduction, some children are sexually assaulted -- an act called human trafficking. In addition to insecurity and poverty, human trafficking is another major issue being faced by…
Residents of northern Jawzjan province on Thursday complained of rising incidents of kidnapping and asked security officials to resign over their failure to ensure public safety. Rahmatullah, hailing from Shiberghan, the provincial capital, told Pajhwok Afghan News they…
Two doctors have been kidnapped by suspected militants in northwestern Badghis province, authorities said on Thursday. Working for the Public Health Department, the doctors were kidnapped on their way to a clinic in Qadis district, a state from…
A high school student was found dead Monday after remaining missing for one and a half months in northern Faryab province, an official said. The slain boy had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen from Maimana, the provincial capital,…
Five people were freed from their captors after spending five days in captivity without any ransom in the Pusht-i-Koh district of western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday. The five, hailing from Bala Buluk district, were…
The Taliban militants have publicly executed a man on the charge of kidnapping and killing a businessman in northwestern Nimroz province, local officials said on Wednesday. One official, who wished not to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Local security officials on Thursday said a female university student, kidnapped by unidentified men, has been rescued by police in northeastern Kunduz province. Elsewhere, an Iranian national, who wanted to join militants, was arrested in southwestern Nimroz…
Two children as young as two years old were killed after being kidnapped in Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Kandahar police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News unidentified armed men kidnapped…
Security forces launched an operation on Saturday on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway in southern Zabul province to recover kidnapped passengers, officials said. Gunmen took hostage at least 30 civilians after a search of passenger vehicles in Zabul. The latest…
Ghazni residents on Saturday set free 14 persons they had abducted from southern Zabul province following mediation of elders, a public representative said. The abductees, hailing from Khak-i-Afghan district of Zabul, were kidnapped by some people of Jaghori…
Taliban militants killed three of five civilians they had kidnapped in southern Zabul province, an official said on Saturday. The governor’s spokesman, Gul Islam Seyal, told Pajhwok Afghan News the five civilians were kidnapped in Spin Ghbargi area…
KABUL) claimed recovering a huge arms cache in northern Kunduz and western Farah provinces and detained two men, a statement from the spy network said on Wednesday. Separately, unidentified gunmen abducted two money-changers in southwestern Nimroz province, the statement added.…
The 19 deminers who were abducted by militants three days ago were released on Tuesday, officials said. Zalmai Oryakhail, Paktia police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the deminers were released after government officials and local elders’ efforts. The…
A senior public representative in southern Ghazni province on Wednesday said tribal elders had repeatedly held talks with the Taliban on the release of 31 kidnapped passengers, but in vain. Abdul Jami Jami, deputy head of the…
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three civilians in the Sholgar district of northern Balkh province, an official said on Monday. The men were kidnapped on their way to Mazar-i-Sharif, the town’s administrative chief, Sirajuddin Abid, told Pajhwok Afghan News.…
