Taliban ambushed and killed three police in Khashrud district of in southwestern Nimroz province, officials said on Thursday. A security official, who did not want to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the police, including one officer and…
The Kunar police chief says hundreds of Daesh or so-called Islamic State (IS) militants have emerged in the eastern province, receiving training from foreigners. Maj. Gen. Jumma Gul Himmat in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News said…
At least four policemen have been killed in a roadside bombing in western Farah province where two Taliban bomb planters detained by Afghan forces. Governor’s spokesman, Naser Mahri, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place when…
KABUL police officers have been contributing to bring peace to the lives of women and children who have made victim of domestic and other crimes in Family Response Units (FRUs). “The FRU, as part of the Afghanistan National Police, deal…
Son of a former provincial council member allegedly killed three border policemen and wounded two others in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the killer was…
At least three policemen have been killed and two other injured in a bomb explosion in Zazai Maidan district of southeastern Khost province, an official said Sunday. Gen. Raz Mohammad, commander for border police of southeastern zone,…
Police shot dead a young girl after raiding her home on a tip-off about gambling activity in northern Samangan province, an official said on Sunday. The 20-year-old girl, Farzana, was killed in Karte Saleh area in the limits…
A number of truck drivers alleged that border police personnel in the Torkham town of eastern Nangarhar province are extorting money from them. They say trucks loaded with goods, forced to park for days in the township, were…
A rogue policeman shot dead six colleagues in a latest insider attack in southern Zabul province, an official said on Sunday. A security official, who declined to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the six police were gunned…
Police in Marjah district of southern Helmand province have been in short supply of food items over the past few days, an official said on Monday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Aqa Noor Kentor said told tribal elders during…
A policeman in southeastern Paktika province, who was recently fired, blames the government for forcing him to beg. He has losr two brothers defending the country. Sirajuddin, a resident of the Sigani area of Kherkot district, told Pajhwok…
Over the past few days, police in central Parwan province have been preventing passengers, who looked suspects, from travelling to northern provinces. Mohammad Ayaz, Parwan highway police commander, confirmed police had started investigating passengers, who were believed to…
Three police have been killed and five others wounded in clashes with Taliban militants in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Monday. Kandahar governor’s spokesperson, Samim Khpalwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clashes erupted after…
More than 18,000 policemen have been lost to the conflict-related violence in southern Helmand province during the past 15 years, the provincial police chief said on Monday. Addressing a seminar “police accountability” here, Maj. Gen. Aqa Noor Kentoz…
Police in central Uruzgan province complain they have not received salaries for the past eight months, making it hard for them to meet family and other needs. A former police chief for Uruzgan was among several serving policemen…
Four armed robbers have been killed and a fifth wounded during a clash with police in central Parwan province, an official said on Thursday. Maj. Gen. Hassan Shah Forogh, Kabul 101 Asmai zone police chief, told a press…
Police have arrested a gang of robbers who were also accused of several murders in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Friday. Besides the gang, police have detained another 23 individuals in connection with various crimes during…
Eight policemen including a post commander have surrendered to the Taliban in Gilan district of central Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. Ghazni police spokesman, Fahim Amarkhail, told Pajhwok Afghan News the policemen and the post commander…
KABUL attack on a security post on the outskirts of the capital of northeastern Kunduz province, an official said on Sunday. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Hamid Hamidi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban stormed a security post in…
Thirty Taliban militants and half a dozen police have been killed in insurgency related violence in northern Farah, Faryab and Badghis provinces, officials said Wednesday. Farah police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Maroof Polad said a large number of…
Twelve policemen were killed in the Taliban overnight attack in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday. Deputy Police Chief Haji Guli Khani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban attacked a police check-post…
A policeman fired at a vehicle, killing one civilian and wounding another in the capital Kabul on Monday, officials said. The incident provoked the victim’s relatives into torching three police vehicles and inflicting injuries on two policemen. The…
A police officer shot and killed a truck driver allegedly on refusing to pay bribe money on the Farah-Helmand highway in western Farah province, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place in Tot Wa Chakab…
More than 70 percent of the police in central Uruzgan province have been entered into biometric system, the police chief said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Sediqi told a press conference here that so far more than 70…
