HERAT CITY (PAN): As the accountability week began, local officials said the security situation improved last year in the western province of Herat. Speaking at a conference, the provincial police chief said the security situation had considerably improved, with a…
KABUL injured in separate incidents of violence, officials said on Thursday. Five Taliban were killed in a clash with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in the Khogiani district of southern Ghazni province. Army commander Gen. Daud Shah Wafadar told Pajhwok…
FAIZABAD (PAN insurgents in the Wardoj district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. The rebels attacked a police post in the Tirgaran village late on Monday night, deputy police chief Col. Sakhidad Haidari told Pajhwok Afghan News.…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): The border police commander for the northern zone on Tuesday said they needed policewomen to improve the performance of the force. Policewomen were needed to search females at ports, Gen. Abdul Habib Syedkhel told a meeting of women…
MEHTARLAM (PAN): Fifteen insurgents were killed and three others, including a police officer, detained during a search operation in eastern Laghman province, officials said on Friday. Afghan and NATO-led troops conducted the predawn offensive in the Tor Ghar area of…
HEART CITY (PAN, graduated from a four-month training course in western Herat province, officials said on Thursday. The sergeants distributed graduation certificates on completing the training at the Guzra training centre, said Col. Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, the western zone police…
CHANGHCHARAN (PAN province, officials said on Wednesday. A dozen 12 officials had gone for a week-long professional training, but one of them died due to severe cold after their vehicles got stuck in deep snow in the Tarbolaq area of…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN) command in southern Kandahar province, the Albanian defence ministry and Afghan officials said on Tuesday. The Albanian defence ministry confirmed two of its soldiers were killed when an Afghan policeman turned his gun on the international troops…
KABUL): Ministry of Interior officials on Tuesday said 57 private security firms had been dissolved and the remaining 46 would be disbanded until March 21. In August 2010, President Hamid Karzai ordered the disbandment of all private security companies in…
TIRINKOT (PAN): Five policemen were killed when a remote-controlled bomb blast ripped through their vehicle in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Saturday. The police were on a patrol in the Charistan area on the outskirts of Tirinkot, the…
WASHINGTON (PAN said on Wednesday. “The ANSF Joint Command, and deputy commander of US Forces-Afghanistan, told Pentagon correspondents at a news conference here. “Not only this, Afghans are increasing become confidence in ANSF abilities.” The general cited a recent UNDP…
QALAT (PAN): Ten people, including a police officer, were arrested on robbery charges in two separate operations in southern Zabul province, an official said on Sunday. An eight-member group, accused of stealing oil from three tankers of foreign troops, was…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Eight civilians, as many policemen and 33 militants have been killed in a series of incidents of violence in southern Helmand province over the past two weeks, an official said. Another 40 civilians and 16 militants were…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Seventy-one policemen completed a six-month training course in southern Kandahar province on Sunday, officials said. The graduates were awarded certificates on completing the course at a ceremony held in Kandahar city. The ceremony was attended by…
PESHAWAR (PAN’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday when he failed to pay 20 rupees (less than 10afs) in bribe, a transport union official said. A policeman killed Tawab Gul, an Afghan refugee, in the Pishtakhara locality of Peshawar,…
HERAT CITY (PAN): As many as 285 national policemen completed a training course in the Adrskan district of western Herat province on Thursday, an official said. The policemen received four-month training at the district training academy, Col. Abdul Rauf Ahmadi,…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN insurgents, the governor said on Tuesday. Afghan National Army (ANA) and foreign soldiers were deployed to the district, where a new administration would start operating soon, Musa Khan Akbarzada told a news conference. The joint force faced…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Two policemen and 12 militants, including a commander, were killed in a clash in the Nawzad district of southern Helmand province on Thursday, an official said. The gunbattle took place at 5am in the Jazzi area of the…
GARDEZ (PAN): The interior minister on Wednesday said the police force in southeastern Paktia province would be strengthened and equipped next year to ensure better security for development projects. During a visit to the province, Bismillah Mohammadi met local officials,…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): The responsibility of the central jail in southern Helmand province was on Monday transferred to the Ministry of Interior from the Ministry of Justice, officials said. The transfer came at a special ceremony attended by Governor Gulab Mangal,…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Ninety local policemen were awarded certificates on completing two-month training in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Monday. The individuals would be stationed in Dahan-i-Ghori district and Dand-i-Ghori area of Pul-i-Khumri city, police chief, Brig. Gen. Assadullah…
KABUL): The 150,000-strong Afghan police force is still faced with a shortage of equipment and weapons, an official of the Ministry of Interior said on Monday. Efforts were underway to arrange for police training and accommodation, Sadique Sadiquei, the ministry…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): An apparently centuries-old mass grave has been discovered under a security tower in the historic Qala Ghaznian in southern Ghazni province, police and residents said on Tuesday. Human bones were unearthed during a cleanliness campaign in the…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): A teacher, who was gang-raped in northern Baghlan province more than a week ago, on Monday asked the government to award exemplary punishment to her abusers. On November 26, the 20 years old Fahima was raped by three…
