Customs officials seized over one ton of human hair being smuggled to Pakistan at Ghulam Khan crossing during a search of commercial goods, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) wrote on its twitter:…
Eight people have been arrested for allegedly smuggling iron to Pakistan in the Garamser district of southern Helmand province. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, director of information and culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainees wanted to transfer the…
Security officials in eastern Kunar province on Wednesday claimed seizing an advanced radar system which was being smuggled to Pakistan. Mulavi Mohammad HuzaifaHaqqani, Kunar intelligence chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces seized the radar system from…
Acting commerce and industry minister on Wednesday stressed to stop the smuggling of Afghan carpets to Pakistan and would start legal export of the product to the neighbor country. Nooruddin Azizi, commerce and industry minister made the remarks…
Nine Afghan nationals have been detained in New Delhi by Indian police in connection with heroin smuggling. The Narcotics Control Bureau said the nine individuals had been arrested over the smuggling of 1.6 kilogram of heroin, Indian media…
Two suspects trying to smuggle foreign currency to Afghanistan have been detained, a media report said on Wednesday. Customs officials frustrated the currency smuggling attempt on the Torkham crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, The News reported. Customs spokesman…
Thirty-seven people have been sentenced from 13 months to 11 years in prison by the appellate court for their involvement in drug and alcohol smuggling during the past one week. A statement from the Counter-Narcotics Justice Center (CNJC)…
KABUL Bank (DAB) has cited smuggling of US dollars from Afghanistan abroad as the reason behind devaluating Afghan currency. One US dollar was accounted for 75.6 afghanis on March 24, the beginning of the new solar year, compared to 79.70…
Two individuals, posing as pilgrims, tried to smuggle drugs to Saudi Arabia but were arrested in Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday, an official said. Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Despite a Ministry of Agriculture through different routes. Chicken imports and smuggling not only damage the domestic industry and markets but also cause heart problems and stomach cancers. Chicken consumption has also been linked to other diseases.…
Police have seized a vehicle full of chromite and arrested its four smugglers in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, officials said Saturday. Tagab police chief, Mohammad Naim Sapi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that police seized a truck…
Efforts had been accelerated to stop the imports of uncertified food items from illegal smuggling routes in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Saturday. Earlier, Pajhwok Afghan News had published a report regarding the import of…
Police have detained two people in connection of trafficking narcotics in northwestern of Jawzjan province, official said Monday. Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi deputy Jawzjan police chief told Pajhwok Afghan News that two persons named Baryali and Mohammad Afzal…
KABUL members on Saturday accused government officials of their complicity in the smuggling of historic artifacts from the Mes Ainak site in central Logar province. But government officials rejected the claim. A $3 billion contract was inked between the Afghan…
Tajikistan counter human trafficking commission head Faridum Davronov has said dozens of Tajik girls are smuggled to foreign countries each year for sex. Davronov told Pajhwok Afghan News told Pajhowk Afghan News in an interview in Dushanbe that…
KABUL was frustrated by security forces in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, a source revealed. One official wishing to go unnamed told Pajhwok Afghan News that Special Forces were dispatched from Kabul to eastern Nangarhar province in the morning. The…
