Новости за 15.07.2015

A suicide bomber targeted the Afghan police forces during Ramadan Iftar in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, local officials said. The incident took place in Lashkargah the capitla city of southern Helmand province with security officials saying at least four policemen were injured. The provincial police spokesman Nabi Jan Mullah Khel confirmed that a suicide Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf met with the former President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday night to resolve differences amid reports that the former president is has been trying to undercut Ghani’s government, with the intention of bringing it down. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, President Ghani’s economic advisor, told BBC that there is no outstanding issue between President Ghani Read the full article...

Five civilians have been killed by unknown gunmen in southern Zabul province, the second such incident in one day. Officials say the deceased were setting in a shop in Babu area of Nawbahar District when they came under indiscriminate fire by unidentified gunmen yesterday. Mirwais Noorzai, police chief of Zabul province says that five civilians Read the full article...

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped five passengers on Kabul-Jalalabad highway in the jurisdiction of Laghman province. Sarhadi Zwak, spokesman for the governor of Laghman province confirmed the incident. Zwak said that these civilians were dropped from their vehicle in Khairokhil area of Qarghai District on gunpoint and taken to an unknown location by the armed men Read the full article...

A bomb blast took place near a school in Lab-e-Jar area of Kabul city but luckily did not have casualties. Eyewitnesses say the bomb was placed under a culvert in Aspha square that exploded around 01:00 pm this afternoon. The explosion shook the windows of the nearby buildings and spread panic in the area.

Hundreds of Scottish soldiers have been deployed to Afghanistan to help train the Afghan National Security Forces who are lonely fighting terrorists on the ground since January this year. According to a BBC report, the troops are from 2 Scots battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland who will serve for seven months under the Read the full article...

The Afghan Air Force (AAF) MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters will be equipped with air-to-surface rockets in a bid to further boost the close air support capabilities of the air force, it has been reported. The US army has awarded a contract worth $13.2 million to add the seven-tube M260 launcher for the 70mm (2.75 Read the full article...

22 militants have been killed in joint security operations across the country, Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday morning. A statement issued by the ministry states that the operations were carried out in Heart, Nimroz, Maidan Wardak, Paktiya, Takhar, Kunduz, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Balkh, Kandahar, Zabul and Oruzgan provinces in past 24 hours. The statement adds Read the full article...

Mustafa Rafi, 33, worked for several years with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan and after experiencing serious threats, he applied to the State Department’s Special Immigrant visa program to obtain a visa for migration to the United States in order to save him, wife and kids the militants, who have threatened to kill anyone supporting Read the full article...

The Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Omar has vowed to continue fighting until all foreign forces have left the country while endorsing the reconciliation process. Mullah Omar through a message issued on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr said “Jihad is as obligatory today as it was in the beginning of foreign occupation because our Muslim homeland Afghanistan is Read the full article...

Breaking News: a comparatively heavy explosion has been reported in Maimana city, the provincial capital of northern Faryab province. Security officials have not yet commented on the report. Details soon…

A civil society activist has been unanimously gunned down in southern Zabul province. Mohammadullah, the police chief for Zabul’s Shah Joy District said that Hamidullah Noori was attacked by an armed person in the district capital “Shah Joy Bazaar” Tuesday afternoon. He said that Noori lost his live in the attack and when police tried Read the full article...

A drone strike has killed 28 rebels in Haska Mina District of eastern Nangarhar province, an area that is turned into a hot spot for Daesh and Taliban terrorist groups. Ahmadzia Abdulzai, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province says that the airstrike took place on Tuesday night. He said militants had gathered in one Read the full article...