Новости за 10.09.2015

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed the presence of al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan by calling it a “myth”. In an excerpt of an interview with Al Jazeera English’s “UpFront”, Karzai said “I don’t know if Al Qaeda existed and I don’t know if they exist [in Afghanistan].” The interview will be aired Read the full article...

The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are expected to receive 2,293 Medium Tactical Vehicles (MTVs) under a contract by the US Army, it has been reported. The contract worth $369 million has been awarded to the Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) – a holding company whose subsidiaries and affiliates produce International® brand commercial and military Read the full article...

The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Janan Mosazai said the militants of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are shifting over to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group. Speaking during a seminar on Countering Violence Extremism, Mosazai insisted for regional cooperation to fight terrorist group, particularly the self-styled ISIS terror group. Mosazai said the region Read the full article...

The European Union (EU) plans to accept 160,000 refugees as fresh unrest in Hungary underscored the scale of the problem, Germany pushed Europe to go further and agree long-term binding quotas with no limits on actual numbers to deal with a surge of asylum-seekers. However, the European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged the continent to look Read the full article...

Taliban have killed a former policeman who had recently separated ways with security forces and joined the militant group in Maidan Wardak province. A statement issued by the media office of Maidan Wardak province on Thursday states that the policeman had escaped with a Kalashnikov to the Doctor Mirwais group of Taliban. According to the Read the full article...

A group of unidentified gunmen have kidnapped five civilians on the highway between Jawzjan and Sar-e-Pul provinces. Officials at the Governor House of Jawzjan say that the incident took place yesterday and kidnappers have taken these people to unknown location. All these people belong to Jawzjan province, said Abdul Manan Rawoufi, an officer at the Read the full article...

A bomb has exploded on the convoy of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan but has caused no casualties. Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for the police headquarters of Nangarhar said that the incident took place in the outskirt of Jalalabad city this morning. He said that Read the full article...

Mohammad Mohaqiq, the second deputy to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the government of Afghanistan has said that: “some of the neighboring countries have made us ‘Gladiators’”. Talking to the gathering commemorating the 14 death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Masoud, Mohaqiq said that Pakistan is an atomic power because of Afghanistan. He said when Soviet Read the full article...

Daesh militant group has been running prisons in Achin District of eastern Nangarhar province. Governor of Achin District says that these prisons currently exist in three areas where the group is holding civilians to include community elders. This report comes after the group closed some schools in this District. Although, the group has been operating Read the full article...

Pakistan has agreed to allow registered Afghan refugees until the end of 2017, Pakistan’s Dawn news agency reported. Indrika Ratwatte, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a meeting on Wednesday that the government of Pakistan has agreed to extend the validity of Proof of Registration (PoR) cards till Dec Read the full article...