The new Kabul police chief on Saturday sought cooperation from high-ranking government officials and citizens to bring security to the city. Speaking at a press conference here, Maj. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi said despite a lot of efforts…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has notified again Gen. Mohammad Zahir’s appointment as crime branch chief and Abdul Rehman Rahimi as new Kabul police chief. Col. Mohammad Humayun, as senior MoI official, told Pajhwok News Agency the names…
In the wake of a sharp rise in terrorist attacks in the central capital, Lt. Gen. Mohammad Zahir Zahir resigned as Kabul police chief on Sunday. Kabul police spokesman Hashmatullah Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that Gen. Zahir…
Taliban fighters suffered heavy causalities in anti-militants drives but civilians were suffering the most in terms of casualties in southwestern Faryab province, an official said Monday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Nabi Ilham told Pajhwok Afghan News 43…
A post commander was among three policemen killed in an overnight roadside bombing in southern Helmand province, where four insurgents had been arrested, officials said on Wednesday. The roadside bomb struck a police vehicle patrolling in the Baba…
An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander and a member were killed and four others wounded as a result of infighting in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Tuesday. Kandahar governor’s spokesman Samim Khpalwak told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Separate clashes killed three policemen and 14 rebels in southern Helmand province over the past 24 hours, an official said on Tuesday. Another half a dozen policemen and 13 militants were wounded during the separate incidents since yesterday,…
KABUL’s weapon of choice, in a period of seven years. Sirajudding Afghanmal, a resident of Panjwai district of southern Kandahar, told reporters he had joined the national police 11 years ago and had been working with the force’ bomb disposal…
Kabul police chief Gen. Mohammad Zahir Zahir said on Saturday that mafia groups were trying to kill him as initial investigation into last week’s suicide attack inside the police headquarters showed he was the target. Gen. Zahir told…
Kabul police on Thursday warned illegal sellers of military uniform sellers would be detained and their shops closed down if they did not return such items within three days. The police headquarters said an operation would be initiated…
Dozens of policemen staged a protest demonstration in front of the Parliament on Sunday, demanding the prompt payment of their six-month salaries. The protesters claimed they had been performing duties on the Kabul-Nangarhar highway but the…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday welcomed a presidential decree that called for reforms in the police and making the force an independent and professional organ. MoI spokesman Siddiqui Siddique in a joint press conference with the…
Four policemen were wounded in a bomb blast in southern Kandahar province, where the militants hanged a civilian, on Wednesday, an official said. The roadside bomb exploded hit a Public Order Police vehicle on the Kandahar-Helmand highway…
Two Afghan police officials, who were trained by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), have disappeared in Washington, an American news channel reported. CBS News identified the disappearing duo as Mohammad Yasin Attayee and Mohammad Naveed Samimi, were…
In the wake of growing insecurity and people's complaints, the police chief and other high-ranking officials for western Herat province were replaced in on Thursday. Ikramuddin Yawar, deputy director at the Ministry of Interior (MoI), introduced the…
Taliban province, an official said on Sunday. Governor Syed Anwar Rahmati told Pajhwok Afghan News the police officials were made captive after they ran out of ammunition during a clash with Taliban. The Taliban also confirmed seizing the…
Five local police members were killed after insurgents stormed their posts in the Chaparhar district of eastern Nangarhar province early Sunday morning, an official said. Another six local policemen were injured when the insurgents attacked their posts in…
Three border policemen, including their commander, were killed in a roadside bombing in the Ashkimish district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said Sunday. Ahmad Navid Frotan, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Col. Abdul Khalil…
Two Afghan security forces, as many militants and a civilian have been killed and many others wounded in separate security incidents in different parts of the country during the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. Four policemen and…
Seven policemen have been killed mysteriously in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. A government official, who did not want to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the policemen were found dead…
Eight Afghan Local Police (ALP) members have gone missing along with their weapons in the Nawbahar district of southern Zabul province, an official said on Wednesday. Deputy Governor Mohammad Jan Rassoulyar told Pajhwok Afghan News the eight policemen…
Four public order policemen have been killed by militants in central Wardak province, an official said on Thursday. Five policemen--- serving in Kandahar--- were on their way to Kabul when militants kidnapped them on Kabul-Kandahar highway in…
Election-related violence in different parts of the country left 10 people, including civilians, dead and several others wounded on Saturday, officials said. Ghulam Jilani Farahi, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) director, told Pajhwok Afghan News two policemen…
Three senior police officers were suspended on charges of interference in the elections process, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Monday. Addressing a news conference here in Kabul, MoI Spokesman Siddique Siddiqui said reserve officer Lt. Gen.…
