Новости за 22.06.2015

Taliban militants attacked Afghanistan’s parliament on Monday morning. The attack began with a suicide car bomb detonation at the front gate of the parliament. Footage and photos from the area showed that insurgents were equipped with light and heavy weapons and were also having bread with them, adding to the believe that the attack was Read the full article...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group does not pose a strategic threat to Afghanistan, a senior NATO official said Monday. The official further added that both the Afghan government and the NATO take the issue regarding the alleged emergence of the terror group in Afghanistan as “very seriously”. The remark by the Read the full article...

The NATO defense ministers will review progress made since the launch of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan during the NATO defense ministers meeting on 24th and 25th June. NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, told reporters during a press conference “Finally, we will review progress made since the launch of our Resolute Support Mission Read the full article...

Former President Hamid Karzai, United Nations and Pakistan have strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Afghan parliament in capital Kabul on Monday. Hamid Karzai in a statement said that this was an act of the foreign detractors of Afghanistan’s stability, national sovereignty and development. Karzai warns that such actions can not harm the independence of Read the full article...

Six Daesh or ISIS fighters were killed in a clash with security forces in restive Helmand province. A statement issued on Monday by the Afghan Army 215th Maiwand Corps states that a group of militants belonging to Daesh attacked security check posts in Garah area of Kajaki District yesterday which engulfed a gun battle between Read the full article...

Kabul police say the attack on parliament compound has been ended with all attackers killed. Sediq Sediqi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior security forces stated in a tweet that no MPs was wounded in the attack. “Afghan Police repelled terrorist attack today on AFG Parliament, killing all 7 attackers, no MP was wounded,” Sediqi’s tweet stated. Read the full article...

Devastating heat waves have claimed at least 140 lives in Sindh province of Pakistan. Most of them lost lives in Karachi, the provincial capital and the largest city in Pakistan, where the temperature had reached to 44.8 degrees Celsius on Saturday. According to CNN, this is the highest temperature recorded in the country in past Read the full article...

Afghan forces have killed 57 insurgents in newest military operations across the country, Ministry of Defense announced on Monday. A statement issued by the Ministry of Defense states that security forces killed these militants in Qarabagh District of Ghazni province, Nijrab District of Kapisa, Surab, Dehrawoud and Charchino districts of Urozgan, Gizab and Gujran districts Read the full article...

Taliban have captured Dasht-i-Arche District of northern Kundoz province, Taliban claimed and officials confirmed on Monday. Nasiruddin Saidi, governor of Dasht-i-Arche District and head of the provincial council of Kundoz province confirmed the report. Head of the provincial council said that the District fall to Taliban insurgents this morning. He warned the central government that Read the full article...

Seven militants have been killed in a newest air strike in eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial police headquarters announced on Monday. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for the police headquarters said in a statement that the air strike was conducted in the jurisdiction of Barikaab Dab village of Bati Kot District around 05:30 pm yesterday. The statement Read the full article...