Новости за 18.08.2015

Kabul’s sky shined with fireworks tonight as the Afghan people are celebrating the 96th independence day of Afghanistan on Wednesday with happiness and joy all over. The fireworks was displayed on the hilltop in Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan area of the city around 8:00 pm local time. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) issued a statement Read the full article...

The Pakistani ambassador in Kabul was summoned in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) following indiscriminate shelling by the Pakistani forces which left eight members of the Afghan Border Police Forces martyred. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said a strong protest was lodged with the Pakistani ambassador Syed Abrar Hussain after he Read the full article...

The Super WiFi and HD Voice services was launched for the first time in Afghanistan by a private telecommunication company. The launch of Supe WiFi and HD Voice services is yet another step in modernizing the telecommunication sector of the country which saw a considerable growth during the past years. The Afghan Wireless Telecommunication Company Read the full article...

The religious clerics in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan said Pakistan exposed the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar to cover its own interests by jeopardizing the peace efforts. The remarks by Kandahar clerics were followed during a gathering to declare support for the Afghan security forces. Head of the provincial clerics council Obaidullah Faizani said Read the full article...

Tight security measurements have been taken for celebrating the Independence Day in capital Kabul, the Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday. General Abdul Rahman, commander of the garrison said in a press conference that a commission was formed for this purpose that has well prepared its programs and plans. He assured citizens that there is Read the full article...

Four civilians have lost lives in a traffic accident in Maidan Wardak province, officials said on Tuesday. A corolla vehicle had a head-on collision with a truck belonging to Afghan National Civil Order police (ANCOP) in Kotal area near the provincial capital of Maidan Wardak around 12:00 pm today. The corolla vehicle was going from Read the full article...

An Afghan National Army (ANA) officer who was sent to Australia for training has gone missing. Australia’s 9NEWS reports that the unnamed soldier was to attend a Defence-sponsored training course at the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law under the defence co-operation program in Sydney. According to the news agency the officer was last seen Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested a man who was using fake currency in Kabul. A statement issued by NDS on Tuesday states that Babari a resident of 8th area of Kabul city who was trying to exchange 500,000 fake AFG with other currencies has been arrested red handed Read the full article...

Two militant commanders and five of their fighters have been killed in two separate air strikes in Maidan Wardak province. A statement issued by the province’s media office states that the airstrikes were carried out in Dai Mirdad and Chak districts last night. One airstrike targeted militant commander Hamidullah alias Shahid in Alkah area of Read the full article...

An Afghan interpreter who worked with British military in Afghanistan and denied to refuge in Britain has been executed in Iran while trying to reach the west because he was receiving death threats in his homeland. UK’s Dailymail news is reporting the tragic story of an Afghan interpreter, who worked with British forces in Afghanistan, escaped Read the full article...

An envoy of the Hizb-e-Islami faction that has been held responsible for a number of attacks in Afghanistan has arrived in Kabul to hold talks with government. Mohammad Azim Abromand says that he is in Kabul for peace talks. Abromand has told Azadi radio that if government accepts the conditions of Gulbudin Hikmatyar, leader of Read the full article...