Security forces have arrested a man accused of killing his mother and brother in Karghayu district of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Yunas Yousafzai identified the alleged murderer to Pajhwok Afghan News as…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a young man in the capital of northern Sar-i-Pul province, police said on Saturday. Police spokesman Din Mohammad Nazari told Pajhwok Afghan News that the 27-year-old was gunned down by two unknown armed men…
Nearly 70 goats and sheep of a shepherd murdered three days back near the provincial capital of northern Faryab province have been recovered from two children. According to reports, armed thieves killed an elderly shepherd in the Pashtunkot…
A moneychanger has been killed mysteriously in the Shah Joy district of southern Zabul province, an official said on Wednesday Police spokesman Zabihullah Jawhar told Pajhwok Afghan News that the moneychanger Faiz Mohammad aka Haji Zabit had gone…
A man has been stabbed to death by his nephew in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Tuesday. MawlawiMansor Afghan, deputy director of information and culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident…
A young man was shot dead in the capital of Faryab province last night with police blaming the murder on personal enmity. Mufti Muhammad Ismail Furqani, crime branch police official, told Pajhwok Afghan News Habibullah, a resident of…
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a youth in the 12th security district of Kabul city. Kabul Police Headquarters tweeted the suspects snatched car from a young man in the Ahmad Shah Baba…
A young man shot dead a girl and then committed suicide in this capital city of northern Kunduz province, police said on Friday. Kunduz police spokesman Ubaidullah Abidi told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in Saidabad…
Unknown gunmen shot dead an elderly man after beating him severally in the Chinartu district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Thursday. The slain person whose daughter works as a midwife in a health center in…
Two brothers have killed their father due to domestic violence in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday. Ghazni police spokesman Khalid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place late last…
Security officials in central Daikundi province say three people have been arrested in connection with the killing of two civilians in Meramor and Sang Takht districts. Saifullah Shakir, deputy police chief for Daikundi, told Pajhwok Afghan News a…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a man inside his house in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz identified the victim as Rahmatullah, actual resident of Lashkargah City but had…
Police in southern Kandahar province on Monday announced arresting three people, including a woman, on the charge of killing a person and his son 14 years ago. The detainees are actual residents of the Shindand district of western…
The Afghanistan Journalists’ Federation (AJF) has criticized negligence in identification of the murderers of Yama Siavash and called on the new government to cooperate with the federation in investigating the case. Yama Siavash, Public Relations Advisor of Afghanistan’s…
Provincial Council members of southeastern Khost province on Sunday accused the police chief for Shahr-i-Safa district of Zabul province of killing a trader. The public representative said that an autos trader named Mir Wali, a resident of…
KABUL’s Independent Defense Counsel Association in Kabul on Sunday, an official said. Najla Rahil, another member of the association, told Pajhwok Afghan News Sahbbir Ahmad Kamel was gunned down on the way to office at 8:30am. Police spokesman Faramarz Firdos…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a 22-year-old man in the Bagram district of central Parwan province, officials said on Monday. Abdul Mateen Qudosi, a member of provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Mahegir…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior officer of the Ministry of Defence in the Kampani area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, an official said. Gen. Mohammad Radmanesh, MoD spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in…
A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Ghor province while separately an insurgent killed his uncle and wounded a cousin in northeastern Badakhshan province, security officials said Monday. Mohammad Iqbal Nizami, the Ghor governor’s spokesman, told…
Earlier warned by Daesh or Islamic State (IS) militants, a 16 years old boy was shot dead by an unidentified armed man in Sayedkhel district of central Parwan province, an official said. Ahmad Lemar Osmanyar, administrative chief of…
Three men involved in kidnapping and killing a 12 years old boy, Abasin, were executed at the Pul-i-Charkhi prison in the eastern outskirts of Kabul on Sunday. A statement from the General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Centers…
A young man killed his father using an adze over allegedly sexually attacking his sister before calling police to arrest him in northern Jawzjan province, an official said Tuesday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani said: “The…
A 19-year-old man was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the capital of northern Faryab province last night, police said on Wednesday. Mohammad Yousaf, crime branch police chief, identified the victim as Mohammad Haroon, a high school graduate.…
Three women have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, security officials said on Wednesday. Police Spokesman Abdul Raoof Ahmadi provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
