KABUL (PAN): An influential human rights organisation on Tuesday said the number of Afghan women jailed for fleeing forced and abusive marriages, and other "moral crimes", has soared since 2011.
JALALABAD (PAN): The father of Mohammad Nabi Isakhel, Afghanistan cricket team captain, was kidnapped at gun point on Tuesday in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said.
MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): The dead body of a radio journalist was retrieved from a water well in his home in the Najrab district of central Kapisa province, officials said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): Ten Taliban insurgents, four Afghan army soldiers and a tribal elder have been killed in separate incidents in different parts of the country, officials said on Tuesday.
FARAH CITY (PAN): A man opened fire at policemen manning a check post in western Farah province, killing four of them and injuring a fifth, officials said on Tuesday.
HERAT CITY (PAN): Seven police guards were killed on Tuesday by a powerful roadside bombing that ripped through their vehicle in the Chasht-i-Sharif district of western Herat province, an official said.
KHOST CITY (PAN): The provincial council office in southeastern Khost province was closed by its members on Monday, saying most of police guards keeping security for the office had been called back to their headquarters.
KABUL (PAN): Interior Minister Mujtaba Patang on Monday said the national police were poised to keep security for upcoming elections across the country.
MAHMUD RAQI/PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): A NATO drone targeted a training centre of Taliban insurgents in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province, killing eight and injuring 25 others, an official claimed on Monday.
