Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior'sspokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed.
He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.&10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,& said Qani.On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated.
He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.The post MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months first appeared on Ariana News.