Police Arrest 28 Suspects in Afghan Capital
KABUL (Dispatches) – The Afghan police have arrested 28 suspects in the capital Kabul within the past two days, the capital police said on Monday.
The arrestees were involved in murder cases, armed robberies, possession of illegal weapons, sale of narcotics and other crimes in the city with nearly 5 million population, the police said in a statement.
"The suspects were taken to concerned departments for screening and possible legal process,” the statement said.
The police also confiscated two vehicles and six pistols during the operations, the statement said, adding the operations were part of preventive measures being adopted to ensure a high level of security and safety in Kabul.
In another development in the country, six passengers were wounded as a roadside bomb hit a long-distance bus in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.
"The explosion occurred in Mirakhor Bazaar locality along a provincial highway in Maiwand district in the morning. The male passengers who (were) wounded by the shrapnel of the improvised explosive device (IED) were transported to a regional hospital in provincial capital Kandahar city,” spokesman Baheer Ahmadi told Xinhua.
Militants in Afghanistan often use home-made IEDs to make roadside bombs and landmines to target security forces, but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.
More than 800 civilians were killed and over 2,330 others wounded in IED explosions in 2019 in Afghanistan, according to official data.
The arrestees were involved in murder cases, armed robberies, possession of illegal weapons, sale of narcotics and other crimes in the city with nearly 5 million population, the police said in a statement.
"The suspects were taken to concerned departments for screening and possible legal process,” the statement said.
The police also confiscated two vehicles and six pistols during the operations, the statement said, adding the operations were part of preventive measures being adopted to ensure a high level of security and safety in Kabul.
In another development in the country, six passengers were wounded as a roadside bomb hit a long-distance bus in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.
"The explosion occurred in Mirakhor Bazaar locality along a provincial highway in Maiwand district in the morning. The male passengers who (were) wounded by the shrapnel of the improvised explosive device (IED) were transported to a regional hospital in provincial capital Kandahar city,” spokesman Baheer Ahmadi told Xinhua.
Militants in Afghanistan often use home-made IEDs to make roadside bombs and landmines to target security forces, but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.
More than 800 civilians were killed and over 2,330 others wounded in IED explosions in 2019 in Afghanistan, according to official data.