Kabul, July 25 (IANS) A total of 14,539 Afghan refugee families, totalling 97,277 individuals, returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, from the neighbouring countries of Pakistan and Iran over the past month, the deputy spokesman for the Afghan government announced on Saturday.The returnees entered Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border in western Herat province, the Torkham crossing point in eastern Nangarhar province, Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province, Pul-e-Abresham in western Nim…
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Kabul, July 16 (IANS) The counter-narcotics police in the fight against illegal drugs have discovered hundreds of kilograms of materials during a series of operations in western Afghanistan’s Nimroz province, the counter-narcotics police commander in the province, Mawlawi Esmatullah Ahmad, said Thursday. The contraband, which includes 84 kg of opium, 130 kg of methamphetamine, and more than 200 kg of other illegal objects used in manufacturing opium and heroin, has been seized over the past week…
Kabul, July 5 (IANS) Afghan police have confiscated 60 kg of illicit drugs and arrested two suspected drug smugglers in a targeted operation in northern Takhar province, a local police official reported. The smugglers had concealed 52 kg of opium and 8 kg of hashish in hidden sections within a vehicle while attempting to transport it to an unknown destination on Saturday. However, police uncovered the drugs during the raid, said Nizamudin Omir, the provincial police spokesman.In the fight agains…
Kabul, July 1 (IANS) As many as 50 people are killed or injured each month in Afghanistan due to unexploded ordnance left behind after decades of conflict, with children being nearly 80 per cent of the victims, local media reported on Wednesday citing the United Nations (UN) data. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) urged that people of Afghanistan should be able to live safely without the threat posed by unexploded ordnance left behind after war, Afghan…
Kabul, June 30 (IANS) The counter-narcotics police in the fight against illegal drugs have discovered and destroyed a drug-processing lab in Helmand province south of Afghanistan, said a statement of provincial directorate for Information and Culture on Tuesday. The illegal laboratory was spotted in Baghran district on Monday, the statement said, adding that police also seized a huge quantity of illegal objects that were used in making illegal drugs from the site of operations.No one has been ar…
Kabul, June 14 (IANS) A child was killed and six others sustained injuries after two unexploded device left over from the wars went off in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Saturday, provincial director for information and culture Mullah Abdul Bari Rashid said Sunday. In the first gruesome incident, which occurred in Sangin district on Saturday afternoon after three innocent children found a toy-like object and begun playing with, but the device exploded, killing a child on the spot and…
Kabul, June 8 (IANS) Afghan police in the drive against illegal drugs have discovered illegal drugs and also destroyed drug processing labs in the southern Uruzgan and western Farah provinces of the country, said a statement of the Ministry for Interior Affairs on Monday. A total of 21 kg of illegal drugs and 273 stimulant tablets (locally known as Tablet K) have been seized. Police also destroyed drug processing labs along with around 1,000 kg of objects used in manufacturing heroin in Uruzgan …
Kabul, May 10 (IANS) Afghan police have destroyed nearly 400 acres of land cultivated with narcotic crops in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, the provincial police office said in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the eradication operations were carried out across several districts of the province, adding that the poppy fields had been cleared as part of ongoing anti-narcotics efforts in the province, Xinhua News Agency reported. Last week, Afghan counter-narcotics forces…
Kabul, May 4 (IANS) At least three commuters have been confirmed dead following a high-speed collision between a passenger vehicle and a truck in northern Afghanistan’s Faryab province, the provincial police office said in a statement on Monday. The accident occurred on Sunday evening on the outskirts of Andkhoy district, according to the provincial police office. All three victims were travelling in the high-speed vehicle at the time of the crash, Xinhua News Agency reported. Authorities did no…
Kabul, May 3 (IANS) Afghan counter-narcotics forces have seized a substantial quantity of narcotics and drug-processing materials during ongoing operations in southern Helmand province, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Sunday. According to the report, authorities confiscated approximately 8,170 kg of heroin, along with materials used in the processing and production of illegal drugs. The seizure is part of continued efforts to combat drug trafficking and dismantle criminal networks …