Afghans detain woman with bomb under burqa
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ASADABAD, Afghanistan  - A woman carrying a waistcoat filled with explosives under her all-enveloping burqa was arrested on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, provincial officials said, in the first possible reported case of a female suicide bomber in the country.
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Security forces have arrested a Tajik suspected of organizing the deadly car-bombing of a U.S. security firm in the Afghan capital and believe he was acting on the orders of al-Qaida, an Afghan official said Saturday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan intelligence agents backed by international peacekeepers arrested 25 people allegedly linked to the Taliban and al-Qaida in an early morning raid in eastern Kabul Saturday, a spokesman for the peacekeepers said.    Lt...
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Afghan authorities have arrested three people and seized a car believed to have been used in the kidnapping of three foreigners, government and security sources say, but there was no word on the fate of the hostages.
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Two British nationals have been arrested in Afghanistan for posing threats to national security, Afghan officials said Tuesday. The arrests were announced earlier but no nationalities given.
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A British woman was among three UN election officials kidnapped in Afghanistan yesterday when gunmen ran their vehicle off the road in Kabul and bundled them into a car.
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Afghan officials say they have arrested three suspects in connection with a rocket attack on a helicopter carrying President Hamid Karzai.
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Two British nationals have been arrested in Afghanistan for posing a threat to national security, Afghan officials said.
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More than 25 individuals with reported links to the Taliban and its al-Qaeda allies were arrested by Afghan security forces overnight in two locations, spokesmen said Saturday.
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Spokesman of group claiming to hold BBC Gaza correspondent is detained, according to reports.
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Afghan police say they have arrested three men over the kidnapping of a Bangladeshi aid worker.
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Hamas security forces detain a spokesman of the group which claims to be holding BBC reporter Alan Johnston.
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Police arrested 23 Afghans in raids in the Pakistani border city of Quetta on suspicion of links with Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, officials said Friday.
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Two British nationals have been arrested in Afghanistan for posing a threat to national security, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan A UN official says two workers held hostage in Afghanistan are looking forward to some peace and quiet. The women, one from Northern Ireland and the other from Kosovo, took off from Kabul today aboard a UN plane.
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Afghan forces retook control of the country's largest jail, following a day-long standoff in which at least nine people were killed and four wounded, police and witnesses said.
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Afghan troops arrive at the Pul-i-Charkhi prison to suppress a jail break attempt by al Qaeda inmates, in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2004.