The police chief for northern Balkh province says every illegal armed man and group is being chased and would be referred to judicial organs upon arrest. Brig. Gen. Abdul Raqib Mubarez made the remarks while handing over some…
KABUL member who insulted a police officer in capital Kabul would be investigated through legal channels. Basir Ahmad Mujahid, spokesman of 101 Asmayee Police Zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Wolesi Jirga member stopped police officers from checking her…
Police have seized another nearly 100 weapons and arrested four persons during two separate intelligence based operations in central capital Kabul, an official said on Tuesday. Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL and a guy were cough red-handed over different robbery cases in the capital Kabul. Basir Ahmad Mujahid, spokesman to 101 Asmayee Police Zone of Kabul, told Pajhwok Afghan News that that police forces arrested a woman named Shukuria who…
Taliban militants attacked security posts in the capital of southern Ghazni province overnight, killing three policemen and injuring five others, an official said Tuesday. The attack began around 1am midnight in the limits of the third police…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has directed police personnel to avoid attending weddings and funerals in uniform and with guns. MoI deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi on his Facebook page wrote the police forces had been restricted from attending…
At least 16 policemen and 12 Taliban insurgents suffered casualties in separate clashes in southern Kandahar province, officials said Sunday. Kandahar governor’s spokesman, Aziz Ahmad Azizi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that dozens of Taliban militants stormed a…
Drivers and passengers in central Uruzgan province say police have blocked the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway against traffic, creating great inconvenience for them. They say police have been asking drivers and passengers to bring the corpses of their fellow policemen…
A policeman has killed three of his colleagues and wounded a fourth one in Pul-I-Alam, capital of central Logar province, an official said Wednesday. Shapoor Ahmadzai, Logar police spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that a policeman three other…
Hundreds of policemen in central Uruzgan province say they have not received their salaries for the last six months and threaten to quit the force over the non-payment. According to local officials, 3,800 national and local policemen perform…
Police in southeastern Khost province have banned huge gatherings in connection with the campaign for Wolesi Jirga elections. The decision comes after two bomb explosions hit candidates’ campaign vehicles in the province, leaving two people dead and…
KABUL Alexander Mantytskiy pledged on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering here, the envoy termed Russia as good friend of Afghanistan and pledged Moscow’s continued economic and technical assistance with Afghanistan in future. Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak said dispatching 40 police…
At least eight policemen have been killed during a clash in Nawbahar district of southern Zabul province, officials said Saturday. Governor’s spokesman, Gul Islam Sial, told Pajhwok Afghan News that dozens of Taliban insurgents stormed three police posts…
Police kept surrounded the house of a farmer jihadi commander and Mahaz Milli party leader Akhtar Mohammad Ibrahimkhel for a second day on Sunday in northern Balkh province. Security forces surrounded Ibrahimkhel’s house after three robbers, among them…
Police arrested 359 alleged drug smugglers, including international smugglers, during the past one month across the country and recovered drugs and acid worth 2.1 million, an official said Saturday. Lt. Gen. Abdul Khalil Bakhtyar, deputy head of the…
Police have arrested 14 people including two security men accused of allowing the Taliban to capture their posts in central Urugzan province, the police chief said on Sunday. Col. Mohammad Maroof Ahmadzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that among…
Kabul police chief on Thursday said illegal armed men would not be allowed to break the law and warned powerful individuals against interfering in detention of criminals. Brig. Gen Dawood Amin told a press conference here that he…
Police have arrested a senior Daesh leader recruiting fighters for the militant group in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial police chief Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told Pajhwok Afghan News that Idris -- also…
Police say they have prevented dozens of acres of government land from being usurped in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province. Tagab district police chief Mohammad Naeem Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News people had encroached upon…
Three police personnel, including a post commander, and a fourth person were arrested over bribery charge in western Herat province on Sunday, an official said. Police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizadah told Pajhwok Afghan News the accused were…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday said all officials of the third police district in capital Kabul have been fired and introduced to the attorney’s office, while some contractors arrested. Najib Danish, MoI spokesman, told reporters here…
KABUL. Maj. Abdul Khaliq Bahram Jan, 3rd division commander for 7th police district, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “All detective and security organs are round the clock for the safety of countrymen.” He hoped the creation of security check-posts at several…
Nine border police and four Taliban insurgents have been killed during a clash in the Bala Murghab district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Saturday. A border police commander, who declined to be named, said the…
Kabul police chief Mohammad Daud Amin on Tuesday acknowledged negligence had been committed in security arrangements for the grand cleric gathering in Kabul. Amin told reporters here that despite strict security arrangements in place for the ulema conference,…
