Новости за 25.08.2015

The First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum strongly rejected allegations of genocide during the operations led by him in northern parts of the country. Gen. Dostum said those who accuse him of genocide are speaking on behalf of the regional spy agencies directly involved in the ongoing violence across the country. He said such Read the full article...

A Russian woman has returned to Kabul with memories of infinite love with an Afghan man whom she met long before the civil war in Russia. The 65-year-old Rina Baum is serving as as a teacher in one of the institutions where Russian language is taught as part of the curriculum including the foreign languages. Read the full article...

The Attorney General Office (AGO) says that at least $440 million of Kabul Bank’s missing money has been retrieved so far. Abdul Basir Azizi, AGO spokesman while talking to a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday said that the case has not been closed yet. He added that efforts have been made for recovering the Read the full article...

Taliban militants have torched five civilian homes in Charkh District of Maidan Wardak province. Reports suggest that attack was carried out by dozens of Taliban insurgents Ala Sang area yesterday. Men were not present at the time of the attack and when women tried to prevent Taliban from burning their homes, they were severely beaten. Read the full article...

The director of the counter-narcotics department of eastern Nangarhar province was targeted in a militant attack this morning. Officials say a bomb was placed on roadside in Sarach-e-Ali Khan area of Behsoud District and when the director’s vehicle reached there it exploded. The explosion left three people including the director wounded and the vehicle badly Read the full article...

Ministry of Defense says 74 militants have been killed in newest military operations across the country. A statement issued by the ministry on Tuesday morning states that the operations were conducted in Hisarak District of Nangarhar province, Shinkay District of Zabul, Khak-e-Jabar District of Kabul, Shawak District of Paktia, Dehrawoud, Khas Urozgan, Charchino, Surab and Read the full article...

A pregnant Afghan woman lost her child after she was brutally beaten by the Taliban militants, her crime being the wife of a translator who worked with the British forces. The woman, identified by the single name Sabir, was brutally beaten by a commander of the Taliban in front of her children while inquiring regarding Read the full article...

Kabul is preparing to host the 6th summit of Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) in September. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) says invitations have been sent out to around 70 countries and organizations to take part in this summit where major projects concerning to the economical growth of Afghanistan and the region Read the full article...

Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MICT) while announcing his resignation in a press conference in Kabul on Monday said that the reason he decided to leave office is vast corruption within the ministry. According to Rahimi, mismanagement has caused decrease in the income of the Ministry of Communications and Read the full article...