Security & Crime

Afghan security forces have arrested a suspect during an operation in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, after targeting a hideout allegedly linked to recent attacks that killed and injured Chinese citizens in Tajikistan, sources said.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The US has delivered a number of Afghan Black Hawk helicopters that were evacuated to Uzbekistan after the fall of the previous government to Peru.

About 55 individuals have been arrested in connection with various crimes in western Herat province during the past one week, police said on Sunday.

About 51 individuals have been arrested over the past week on charges related to various criminal activities in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday.

Security forces have arrested two individuals with 187 kilograms of opium in the Gilan district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Wednesday.

A 50-year-old man, held captive by his relatives for 12 years to a dark room in northwestern Nimroz province, has been freed by security forces.

Two 17-year-old Afghan teenagers seeking asylum in the UK have been handed custodial sentences for raping a 15-year-old girl in Leamington Spa, a media report said on Tuesday.

Security forces have rescued a three-year-old child from kidnappers and detained a suspect in southern Ghazni province, police said on Saturday.

Four civilians were martyred and four others wounded after the Pakistani military regime conducted attacks on Kandahar’s Spin Boldak district, an assault that also prompted a response from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), a source said on Saturday.

The governor of western Herat has submitted an official letter of protest to the Iranian Consul General regarding the killing of several residents of the province by Iranian border guards, calling for a transparent investigation into the incident and for those responsible to be brought to justice.

The Supreme Court says the Kabul Primary Court for the Prevention of Narcotics and Alcoholic Beverages has issued disciplinary sentences for 15 offenders.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested Jaan Shah Safi, an Afghan national, for alleged links to ISIS-K in the United States.