Kabul, April 15 (IANS) The counter-narcotics police in the drive against illicit drugs have publicly burned more than 100 kg of different types of narcotics in Khost province, east of Afghanistan, provincial director for Counter-Narcotics Qari Wahidullah Matawakil said Wednesday. The contraband, which included hashish, heroin, opium poppy, and thousands of stimulant tablets locally known as (Tablet K), was publicly set alight, the official emphasized without giving more information, Xinhua News …
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Kabul, April 10 (IANS) Severe seasonal flooding has caused extensive damage across Afghanistan over the past two weeks, Tolo news reported on Friday, citing the United Nations.According to the report, the heavy rains and resulting floods, which affected the country from March 26 to April 6, struck communities in numerous provinces, inundating hundreds of villages. More than 73,000 people have been impacted by the disaster.Over 9,000 homes have been damaged and more than 15,500 acres of agricultu…
Kabul, April 7 (IANS) Three women were killed and two children injured as a wall collapsed in Afghanistan’s Khost province following heavy rainfall and flash floods, local media reported. According to the local Governor’s spokesperson, Mustaghfar Gurbaz, the incident occurred in Gingini village in Maton area of Khost on Monday. He said that the wall collapsed after recent rainfall as it had weakened its structure. Gurbaz further said that injured children were taken to a nearby health facility, …
Kabul, March 13 (IANS) Afghan border forces have confiscated 30 Beretta pistols during a targeted intelligence-led operation in southern Kandahar province, a local security official said on Friday. The operation was conducted by security personnel in the Tor Kach area of Maruf district, where the firearms were intercepted while being smuggled into Afghanistan from a neighbouring country, according to Nazir Ahmad Shakeeb, spokesman for the 205 Al-Badr Army Corps, Xinhua News Agency reported.Shake…
Kabul, Feb 24 (IANS) Afghan police in the drive against illegal drugs arrested two drug smugglers and recovered 41 kg of illicit drugs from their possessions in northern Afghanistan’s Takhar province, said a statement of the provincial police office on Tuesday. The arrested suspects, according to the statement, were attempting to smuggle 29 kg of opium poppy and 12 kg of hashish out of the province on Monday.The Afghan government has vowed to fight against producing illegal drugs and their traff…
Kabul, Feb 8 (IANS) At least eight people were killed when a gas cylinder exploded inside a residential home in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the city’s governor’s office said in a statement on Saturday evening. According to the statement, the incident occurred in Police District 21 when a family was using a gas heater to warm their home during cold winter weather. The cylinder exploded due to a gas leak, resulting in the fatalities, Xinhua News Agency reported. Most households in Afghanistan, wh…
Kabul, Feb 6 (IANS) Three people, all women from the same family, were killed and another was injured after a gas cylinder exploded inside a house in eastern Afghanistan’s Khost province on Thursday evening, provincial police spokesman Tahir Ehrar said Friday. The ill-fated family was using a gas heater to warm their house in the chilly winter weather, but the cylinder of the heater exploded due to gas leakage, causing the fatalities, the official added.A male member of the affected family who w…
Kabul, Feb 3 (IANS) Police in western Afghanistan’s Farah province have arrested two drug smugglers and seized 75 kilograms of narcotics, provincial police spokesman Mullah Kalimullah Nangyal said Tuesday. The official added that acting on intelligence, security forces raided a location in Farah Rod district on Monday, apprehending the two suspects and confiscating 75 kg of raw opium.An assault rifle was also recovered from the operation site, the spokesman said, Xinhua News Agency reported. Thi…
Kabul, Feb 1 (IANS) Police have seized 170 kg of illegal drugs from a vehicle in western Afghanistan’s Herat province and taken two alleged drug smugglers into custody, the provincial police office said in a statement on Sunday. Based on intelligence, police intercepted a car on Saturday and, after a search, recovered 170 kg of opium and hashish from hidden compartments in the vehicle, the statement said. It added that two individuals in the car were arrested on charges of attempting to traffic …
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…