A prominent criminal involved in various criminal activities including in murders has been arrested by the security forces from Kabul city.

AVA- The Kabul police commandment officials said the detained suspect has been identified as Aimal who was involved in burglary, murders, and other criminal activities from his compound in Arya city township.

The officials further added that Aimal had recently murdered a man identified as Asadullah and was being chased by the security forces.

According to Kabul police officials, Aimal was arrested during an operation from the 10th police district of the city.

The security forces also confiscated an automatic rifle in custody of Aimal which he was using for the criminal activities, the officials added.

This comes as incidents involving armed conflicts and other criminal incidents are on the rise in the key cities of the country including capital Kabul during the recent months.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) earlier informed regarding the arrest of two individuals involved in the brutal murder of three people and wounding four others during a brawl in the city.