Новости за 01.07.2015

No analysis this time and staying away from political jargon. We have major problems in Afghanistan and America can’t give up on us, not again. The issue in Afghanistan is not America’s presence but its shortcomings on policy on the region. It just can’t be all about sending thousands of soldiers and funding NGO’s. State-building Read the full article...

Pakistan once again violated border in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, prompting deadly clash with Afghan forces. Officials say eight Pakistani soldiers were killed in a clash with Afghan forces during a clash erupted after border violation in Paktika province. Spokesmen from the three security agencies of Afghanistan, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defense and National Directorate Read the full article...

Mohammad Masoum Stanikzai, the acting Defense Minister, who was nominated for the post of Defense Minister earlier, has been introduced to the Lower House of Parliament or Wolesi Jirga for a vote of confidence. Mohammad Sarwar Danish, the second vice took Mohammad Masoum Stanikzai and three other nominees for high government post to Wolesi Jirga Read the full article...

10 soldiers have embraced martyrdom and 44 militants killed in newest military operations across the country, officials announced on Wednesday. A statement issued by the Ministry of Defense states that seven Army soldiers lost lives in militant attacks in past 24 hours. Also, reports from western Herat province suggest that three policemen embraced martyrdom after Read the full article...

14 militants have been killed and their hideouts destroyed in U.S. drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province. Officials at the police headquarters of Nangarhar said that the drone targeted two insurgent hideouts in Mach Megi area of Lalpur District yesterday. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for the police headquarters writes in a statement issued on this Read the full article...

Unidentified armed have gunned down the former deputy of the provincial council of eastern Nangarhar province. Maeen Shah Haqani was on his way home when he came under armed attack in Ghanikhil District yesterday. Ahmadzia Abduzai, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province said that the culprits were driving a vehicle and escaped after spraying Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has strongly condemned the recent suicide attack in capital Kabul that left over a dozen of civilians killed and wounded. President Ghani said in a statement that targeting innocent people in the holy month of Ramazan is an act against all of the values of Islam and humanity. On Tuesday, a Read the full article...

Police in northern Baghlan province have arrested an Afghan National Army (ANA) General for trafficking drugs. Officials say Brigadier General Abdul Samad Habib had placed the drugs in a military vehicle when police apprehended him red handed on Tuesday. Nizamudding Nizam, head of the Counter Narcotics department of the provincial police headquarters of Baghlan say Read the full article...