Новости за 08.07.2015

The Taliban militants beheaded three policemen in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, the local government officials said Wednesday. The policemen were abducted by the militants few days earlier and their dead bodies were found from Qaisar-Ghormach highway. District administrative chief for Qaisar, Abdul Jamil Sediqi, confirmed that the decapitated bodies of the policemen were found Read the full article...

At least three policemen were wounded as Taliban militants launched coordinated suicide attacks on a police check post in Paktia province. The incident took place on Wednesday evening on Zurmat-Gardez highway where a police check post was targeted. The provincial police chief Zalmai Orya Khel said a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives Read the full article...

According to reports, at least 45 militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group were killed after breaking their Ramadan fast with a poisoned meal. The incident took place in Mosul Iraq where around 145 militants had gathered for the Iftar meal. A spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Party said only 100 Read the full article...

At least 43 militants were killed in separate drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local officials said Wednesday. The airstrikes were carried out in Achin and Haska Mina districts with reports suggesting the militants were affiliates of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group. Provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqwal Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency – has arrested three terrorist in capital Kabul. A statement issued on Wednesday by the NDS states that the group was sent to Kabul after receiving two months of terrorist training. The statement identifies the terrorists as Gawhar Rahman S/O Rahman Adina, Mohammad Zakir S/O Read the full article...

The lawmakers in the Lower House of the Parliament – Wolesi Jirga approved Khalillah Sediq’s appointment as the governor of Central Bank of Afghanistan – Da Afghanistan Bank. Sediq received 100 confidence votes and 75 votes of disapproval from 193 lawmakers present during Wednesday’s session of the parliament. Each candidate was supposed to receive 93 Read the full article...

Unidentified armed men have kidnapped three engineers in north-eastern Badakhshan province, an area that was comparatively safe but most recently insecurity is raising there. Officials say the engineers were proceeding towards their duty station when unknown gunmen abducted them on gunpoint in Yaftal District on Tuesday. No group had accepted responsibility for the kidnapping by Read the full article...

The only female nominee for Supreme Court Anisa Rasouli has been rejected by Wolesi Jirga or the Lower House of Parliament. Anisa Rasouli who holds a degree in Law and Political Science from the University of Kabul was introduced to Wolesi Jirga for formal procedures by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani to get membership of the Read the full article...

Afghan forces have repelled a Taliban coordinated attack in eastern Kunar province. Officials at the Ministry of Defense say that a group of Taliban insurgents attacked security check posts in Baryali and Bargam areas of Ghazi Abad District around 04:00 am this morning. According to the officials, the attacks begin from four angles but security forces Read the full article...

Six soldiers have embraced martyrdom and 30 militants killed in newest military operations, ministries of defense and interior announced on Wednesday. A statement issued by the Ministry of Defense states that the six Afghan National Army soldier lost lives in roadside bomb blasts and militant fire in past 24 hours. The statement does not specify Read the full article...

Two separate drone strikes have killed four militants in eastern Nangarhar province, a security official said on Wednesday. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for the police headquarters of Nangarhar province states in a statement emailed to Khaama Press that the drone strikes were carried out in Bati Kot and Haska Mina districts yesterday. According to the Read the full article...

The Afghan officials and representatives of the Taliban group have agreed to hold the next round of talks on reconciliation process after the holy month of Ramadan. According to the officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, the first round of talks ended with agreement between the two sides to continue talks toward Read the full article...

An Afghan peace delegation that has arrived in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad to have face-to-face discussions with leaders of Taliban will talk from a stronger stance. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said that the world, regional countries and opponents have acknowledged that Afghan security forces to not accept defeat. He says there for the Afghan delegation Read the full article...

The Taliban militants group and affiliates of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are extending news “BLACK HOLES” in Afghanistan, Reporters Without Borders (RWB)/Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) said Tuesday. The France-based non-profit organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press, called on the authorities to do Read the full article...