Police on Thursday claimed busting a nine-man kidnap group and recovered one person from their captivity in southern Ghazni province. Ghazni police chief Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel told reporters here that the group had kidnapped two persons…
Police on Thursday said 251 militants were killed, 87 others wounded and 184 more detained during 81 operations in the past three months in eastern Nangarhar province. Speaking at a press conference here, Nangarhar police chief Brig. Gen.…
Some security officials have been arrested over their alleged involvement in drug trade and other illegally activities in southern Hemand province, the police chief said Monday. Brig. Gen. Aqa Noor Kintoz told a press conference here that ‘crucial’…
Drivers in southern Ghazni province say they are tortured by police and forced to pay money while transporting goods and services on highways. A driver from Paktia-Ghazni highway Jan Mohammad told Pajhwok Afghan News that drivers were…
The newly-appointed police chief for northeastern Kunduz province on Wednesday underlined the need for reforms in the force to improvethe security situation. Brig. Gen. Abdul Hameed Hameedi, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, said some…
One person was killed and another wounded on Sunday evening when protesting residents clashed with police in northern Baghlan province. The residents of Baraka district were protesting against the district police chief. One civilian was killed and another…
Three Afghan Local Police members and a notorious Taliban commander have been killed separately in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Monday. Provincial crime branch police chief Col. Sakhi Dad Hidari told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan…
The Ministry of Interior has ordered the arrest of the Zari district police chief of northern Balkh province and one of his bodyguards after an investigation into allegations of kidnappings and sexual assaults against them. Mohammad Zia, a…
The Ministry of Interior has ordered the arrest of the Zari district police chief of northern Balkh province and one of his bodyguards after an investigation into allegations of kidnappings and sexual assaults against them. Mohammad Zia, a…
Local officials on Tuesday accused police of preventing the dispatch of medicine to district health centers in central Uruzgan province. But the provincial police chief rejected the allegation. Official claimed said no health worker had links with any…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI)on Thursday announced the arrestof an individualwho killed four policemen at a security check-post in southern Helmand province. A statement from MoI said the detainee, Gulbadin, hailed from Marja district and was currently living…
A dozen police were killed after Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in western Farah province, an official said on Monday, however, another official said three police and 10 militants had been killed. Mohammad Nasar Mohammadi, the…
Infighting left four policemen dead and as wounded in southern Kandahar province on Thursday, an official said. The incident took place in the 9th police district of Kandahar City, the provincial capital, at around 2:30pm this afternoon.…
A notorious leader of a robbery gang was killed and his three friends arrested during an encounter with police in capital Kabul on Tuesday, an official said. Kabul police chief Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi told reporters here…
A police commander ‘defected’ to Taliban militants along with his 13 subordinates in a troubled district of central Uruzgan province on Wednesday. The police chief for Chora district, Aka, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the 3rd police battalion…
The Ministry of Interior on Monday said the community police were being strengthened in order to increase liaison between police and people and reduce terrorist and criminal activities. According to the Interior Ministry, the community police, created seven…
Taliban militants shot dead two kidnapped policemen after severely torturing them in captivity in central Logar province, an official said on Monday. Logar crime branch police chief Col. Mohammad Jan Abid told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban had…
Senior civil officials on Wednesday stressed taking out security and defence forces of the realm of politics and asked the forces especially police to carry on their duties without any prejudice and political behavior. The authorities expressed these views…
Four policemen were killed and a fifth wounded on Monday when a bomb went off in Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province, an official said. Col. Mohammad Masoom Hashimi, the deputy provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The United States on Saturday delivered four scanning devices to the Afghan police to help them detect explosives and other such lethal materials. The General Commander of Kabul Garrison, Lt. Gen. Gul Nabi Ahmadzai, who received the scanners…
KABUL militants for lacking needed equipment. Col. Noor Habib Gulbahari expressed his concern about the weak morale of security forces in the province after sustaining heavy losses. He said the police forces lacked the ability to fight against rebels. “The…
In a latest insider attack, three policemen were killed by their two colleagues linked to the Taliban in the Khakrez district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Sunday. The incident took place in Tora post area,…
Officials say they have launched efforts at completing the police formation in southern Helmand province by replacing ‘ghost personnel’ with real ones. The efforts come after local officials repeatedly claimed ‘ghost personnel’ existed in Helmand police and their…
Two policemen were killed in a bomb blast in the capital of southern Helmand province on Sunday afternoon, an official said. The blast took place in Anar Bagh locality of Bolan area of Lashkargah, the provincial capital, at…
