KATHMANDU, March 26: The Armed Police Force (APF) Nepal has implemented the Concept Paper on Mobilization for Border Foot Patrol, 2024. The concept paper, implemented as part of the APF with the People of Border Areas Program, aims at mobilization of APF personnel for patrolling round-the-clock in the border areas.

LUMBINI, March 3: A demand has been made for making the security management at Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, more effective. A delegation comprising the office-bearers of the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha today and discussed with him the topic of responsibility of security management outside of the area covered by the LDT master plan.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The high-level commission formed to investigate gold smuggling has sought details from the inspectors general of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force (APF) about the necessary evidence and other details.

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: A security base of Armed Police Force (APF) has been established at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Customs Office.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The APF Club of the Armed Police Force (APF) Nepal has clinched the title of the Prime Minister Cup Women T-20 National Cricket Championship.

JAJARKOT, Nov 8: A road in the district headquarters of Jajarkot is dotted with green tarpaulin tents. These makeshift tents put up by the Armed Police Force (APF) have been providing shelter to the locals who are living under the open sky after their homes were damaged by the earthquake on November 3.

KATHMANDU, Oct 15: The Armed Police Force (APF) has mobilized over 29,000 personnel under the 'festival special security plan' in view of the commencement of the festive season.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: A team of the Armed Police Force (AFP) has seized garments worth Rs 8 million brought illegally from India from Tarapatti of Siraha Municipality-18, Siraha.

JANAKI, July 14: The Armed Police Force (APF) has arrested a person along with two million rupees from Jamunaha, Nepal-India check point.

JANAKPURDHAM, July 5: Armed Police Force (APF) personnel in Dhanusha have arrested one person with drugs that he was trying to import from India by evading customs.

KATHMANDU, June 2: The Nepal Police and Armed Police Force (APF) have formed teams of divers to effectively respond to disasters during the monsoon season this year. Nineteen APF divers and one Nepal Police (NP) personnel have successfully completed their diving training.

KATHMANDU, May 4: A team of the Armed Police Force (APF) has arrested two people with eight sacks of marijuana from Dharan, Sunsari.

DANG, April 9: A team of the Armed Police Force (APF) has taken 10 tractors under control on the charge of illegally mining sand.

KATHMANDU, March 30: Armed Police Force (APF) has lifted the title of the Lalitpur Mayor Women's Championship cricket tournament by registering a 54-run win over Koshi Province in the final today. The match was held at Kirtipur-based Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground.

RAUTAHAT, Jan24: Armed Police Force (APF)  battalion no. 11 was considered the best among all APF battalions in the country. The chief of the best battalion among all battalions is awarded by the APF Headquarters on the occasion of the Armed Police Day. So, the APF headquarters called the chief of the battalion No. 11, SP Dhruv Karki to Kathmandu stating that he would be awarded. Chief Karki reached Kathmandu to receive the best battalion award, but the best battalion award he was about to receive was taken away. On the occasion of the APF Day on Monday, the Dakshinkali Battalion No. 21 eventually won the award.

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: The Armed Police Force (APF) Headquarters transferred 97 superintendent of police on midnight Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The body of Rajkumar Khatri, who died after his car fell into the Bagmati River near the Jal Binayak Bridge in Chobhar on the southern outskirts of the Kathmandu Valley was retrieved by a diving team of the Armed Police Force (APF) on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The Armed Police Force (APF) defeats the defending champion Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) in the fifth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cricket tournament to lift the trophy.

IGPs Singh and Aryal off to US

August 30, 2022 17:00 pm

KATHMANDU, August 30: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dheeraj Pratap Singh of Nepal Police and IGP Raju Aryal of the Armed Police Force (APF) have left for the United States of America. Both the IGPs left for New York last night to attend the Third United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit commencing from Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, May 2: The newly-appointed chiefs of Nepal Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh and the Armed Police Force Raju Aryal have been conferred with insignia of the Inspector General of their respective police organizations.

KATHMANDU, May 1: The government has appointed Raju Aryal as the Inspector General (IG) of Armed Police Force (APF)

APF teams seize 70 kilograms of marijuana

December 25, 2021 13:35 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: The Armed Police have seized about 30 kg of marijuana from the border area of ​​Aurhi Rural Municipality-1 of Siraha District today. The marijuana, which was being smuggled from Nepal to India was seized by the Armed Police Force, Nepal Border Out Post Bariyarpatti.

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: A team of the Armed Police Force (APF), Saptari,  has rescued an Indian national from Saptari district.

KATHMANDU, May 24: An Armed Police Force (APF) personnel and eight Indian traders were injured in a scuffle that occurred on Monday night along the Nepal-India border in Matihani municipality-8 of Mahottari district.

APF expands two BOPs in Kailali

April 19, 2021 12:31 pm

KAILALI, April 19: The Armed Police Force (APF) has established its two Border Outposts (BOPs) in Kailali on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, March 13: Nepal Police Club (NPC) bagged the Kathmandu Mayor’s Cup 2021, thrashing the Armed Police Force (APF) team in the final match played at Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Kathmandu on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: In the first innings of the Prime Minister Cup One Day Men's Cricket Tournament, the Tribhuvan Army Club has given the target of 212 runs to the Armed Police Force Club (APF) on Saturday.

Man caught with 50 kg hashish in Dhading

December 13, 2020 10:21 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: An Armed Police Force (APF) team deployed from the Armed Police Force, Nepal Highway Security Post in Adamghat has arrested a man with about 50 kg of hashish. The APF team arrested Deepak Magar, 34, of Galchi Rural Municipality-8 in Dhading district Saturday night.

JHAPA, Oct 16: The Armed Police Force (APF) Nepal has expanded its security presence in areas in the district adjoining the West Bengal and Bihar states of India.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: At least 38 personnel of the Armed Police Force (APF) including 28 players have tested for COVID-19 on Friday, confirmed a high-ranking APF official.

ILAM, Aug 6: As many as 46 Armed Police Force (APF) personnel tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) including 16 more diagnosed on Thursday.

RUKUM, May 27: A rescue team of the Armed Police Force (APF) has started search operation in Bheri River in the West Rukum to find whereabouts of the three youths missing in the River since four days ago.

DHANGADHI, Feb 28: Armed Police Force Club (APF) ousted defending champion Nepal Police Club in  penalty shoot-out to advance to the semifinals of the Nepal Ice Sudur Paschim International Invitational Khaptad Gold Cup football tournament in Dhangadhi on Thursday.

Problem beckons as APF, Himalayan winless

December 23, 2019 09:48 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: A second-half goal from Prabin Kumar Syangtan sealed an equalizer for Armed Police Force (APF) Club as the departmental team settled for a 1-1 draw against Himalayan Sherpa Club, failing to overcome its first game defeat in the ongoing Qatar Airways Martyr’s Memorial A-Division League in Kathmandu on Sunday.

APF seize onions worth Rs 3 million

November 19, 2019 10:38 am

RAUTAHAT, Nov 19: A team of Rautahat-based Armed Police Force has seized a truck full of onions which were being illegally smuggled into Nepal from India.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Members of the U.S. Army and eighteen Armed Police Force (APF) personnel have started exchanging their ‘medical first responder knowledge’-knowledge on how to provide pre-hospital care in a medical emergency- with each other at the National Armed Police Force Academy in Chandragiri in Kathmandu from Monday.

JANAKPUR, July 13: A technical team of seven members led by engineer Yamuna Yadav has been trapped in floodwater.

KATHMANDU, July 1: Special Court has acquitted four former IGPs of Armed Police Force on the corruption charge.

DOLAKHA, May 28: Armed Police Force has arrested four persons with a hide of snow leopard from Olitar of Bigu rural municipality-4.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Skipper Prithu Baskota played an experienced hand of unbeaten 32 runs to help Armed Police Force Club (APF) close the match against Sudur Paschim by three wickets during the Prime Minister Cup One-Day Cricket Tournament in a Group A match played at Tribhuvan University (TU) Cricket Ground at Kirtipur on Monday.

APF registers second win

May 27, 2019 19:30 pm

KATHMANDU, May 27: The Armed Police Force (APF) registered its second win in the Prime Minister's Cup one-day national cricket tournament.

KATHMANDU, May 26: Sumit Maharjan’s 94 runs eclipsed Gyanendra Malla’s 117 runs to help Armed Police Force (APF) Club win by 41 runs against Province 3 in the first Group A match of Prime Minister (PM) Cup One-Day Cricket Tournament played at Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Saturday.

Gorkha Boys into Nepal Ice final

May 9, 2019 10:09 am

KATHMANDU, May 9: Gorkha Boys Club of Rupandehi has advanced into the final of the ongoing Fourth Nepal Ice Sindhu Cup Football Tournament defeating departmental team Armed Police Force (APF) Club 4-3 in Sindhupalchowk on Wednesday.

CHITWAN, May 9: Departmental team Armed Police Force (APF) Club has advanced into the next round of the First CMS Bharatpur Gold Cup defeating Birgunj Youth Academy 1-0 in Narayangadh on Wednesday.

TAPLEJUNG, May 7: Departmental teams -- Armed Police Force Club (APF), Tribhuvan Army Club, and Nepal Police Club -- and Gandaki Province have secured their respective quarterfinal spots during the third Paathivara Men’s Volleyball Tournament held in Taplejung on Monday.

KATHMANDU, May 4: Annapurna Hotel of Durbarmarg felicitated the women volleyball players of the departmental team Armed Police Force (APF) Club in Kathmandu on Friday.

KATHMANDU, May 2: Player of the match Bhuvan Karki scored 20 runs and picked up two wickets to help departmental team Armed Police Force Club (APF) defeat Mahendranagar Cricket Academy by 18 runs to reach the semifinals of the ongoing second season of Karnali Premier League. APF finished on top of Group B by winning the last group match played at Kalinchowk Cricket Ground in Surkhet on Wednesday.

APF secures gold in men’s cricket

April 25, 2019 12:47 pm

KATHMANDU, April 25: Departmental team Armed Police Force Club (APF) secured its second gold medal in cricket after the men’s team defeated Nepal Police Club by 32 runs in the final match played at Kohalpur Cricket Ground in Banke on Wednesday. APF’s women's team had won the gold medal in cricket on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, April 24: Armed Police Force Club (APF) secured its first gold medal of the Eighth National Games in cricket after women’s cricket team defeated Province 1 by 87 runs in the final match played at Lamahi Cricket Ground in Dang on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, April 21: Departmental teams Nepal Police Club and Armed Police Force (APF) Club have secured semifinal places in the ongoing Eighth National Games with their respective wins in the matches played at Siddhartha Stadium in Bhairahawa on Saturday.