At least six bandit groups and 50 suspects have been arrested by security forces in Herat province over the past five days.
Abdul Ahad Walizada, spokesman for Herat police, told Killid that most of the arrestees were involved in armed robberies.
Walizada added that 50 suspects who were arrested on charges of disrupting the social order were released after taking their pledges.
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