{"id":24384,"date":"2026-10-20T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/20\/taliban-arrests-13-people-five-provinces-theft-illegal-weapons\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:00:15","slug":"taliban-arrests-13-people-five-provinces-theft-illegal-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/20\/taliban-arrests-13-people-five-provinces-theft-illegal-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban administration arrests 13 people across five provinces over various crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from the Taliban administration\u2019s Ministry of Interior, 13 people have been arrested in separate operations by the ministry\u2019s anti-crime unit in connection with theft and the illegal transport of weapons in five provinces.<\/p>\n<p>In Qala Zal district, one person was arrested for stealing from a house, while in Baghlan, three people were detained on suspicion of stealing a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Also in Khost province, three people were arrested for carrying three illegal weapons. In Kunar province, two people were detained for vehicle theft, and in Ghor province, one person was arrested on suspicion of stealing a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>These arrests reflect continuing concerns over rising crime and a lack of adequate security under Taliban rule, which has caused serious concern among residents of these provinces. These limited measures have still not been able to effectively guarantee public safety. The Taliban administration\u2019s Ministry of Interior said the operations were carried out to reduce crime and ensure security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban authorities say 13 people were arrested in five provinces over theft and illegal weapons offences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}