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…
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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 …
Kabul, April 26 (IANS) At least two persons have been confirmed dead and five others were injured in a road accident in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Sunday, a local media outlet TOLOnews reported. The crash occurred on the outskirts of Khanashin district of the province, killing two passengers on the spot and injuring five others, according to the report.Without disclosing further details, the media outlet added that all the injured were shifted to a nearby health facility for trea…
Kabul, April 5 (IANS) Police have discovered illegal drugs, including 300 kg of hashish, and arrested four drug smugglers, said a statement of Afghanistan’s Ministry for Interior Affairs on Sunday. “Counter-narcotics police officers seized 300 kilograms of hashish in Helmand province,” the statement posted on the ministry’s social platform X said.According to the statement, police have also discovered and seized 2,800 intoxicating tablets from Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar pro…
Kabul, Feb 2 (IANS) Police have recovered arms and ammunition from a car and taken two suspected smugglers into custody in eastern Paktia province, a statement from the provincial police office said Monday. The weapons, which included a Kalashnikov assault rifle, two hand grenades and a quantity of ammunition, were found in the car at a checkpoint on a road on Sunday afternoon, the statement said.Police also detained two individuals for allegedly attempting to smuggle the weapons and referred th…
Kabul, Jan 30 (IANS) Afghan security forces have seized and confiscated dozens of firearms and a large quantity of ammunition in southern Helmand province during a three-month counter-terrorism operation, a local police official announced. Mawlawi Sayed Wali Saeed, the provincial counter-terrorism manager, said Thursday 26 individuals were arrested in connection with the weapons haul, Xinhua News Agency reported.On January 9, provincial police chief Mawlawi Abdul Haq Haqqani said police have dis…
Kabul, Jan 28 (IANS) Police discovered 18 kg of hashish-type illegal drug and arrested an alleged drug trafficker in eastern Khost province of Afghanistan, said a news release of the provincial police office on Wednesday. According to the statement, the alleged smuggler was attempting to sell the contraband in the Garbaz area, but police identified and took him into custody on Tuesday, Xinhua News Agency reported.Police would hand over the drug smuggler to the judiciary after completion of preli…
Kabul, Jan 27 (IANS) Afghan police have discovered narcotic substances and arrested four individuals on charges of trafficking drugs in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Mullah Mohammad Nabi Kamran, provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said the suspects were detained in various areas of Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital. During the operation, security forces seized a range of narcotic substances, including hashish and other heroin-re…
Kabul, Jan 9 (IANS) Police have discovered a weapon cache containing a variety of arms and ammunition in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police chief Mawlawi Abdul Haq Haqqani said Friday. The weaponry was recovered from Deh Salah district on Thursday, the official added.Without providing further details, the official stressed that no one has the right to keep or carry arms illegally, and police would spare no effort to collect weaponry from unauthorized persons to ensure la…