Новости за 27.09.2015

At least ten people were feared dead and nearly 35 others were wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan. The incident reportedly took place in a playground in Khairkot district where scores of people had gathered. No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident. At Read the full article...

At least 85 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in military operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the militants were killed in two separate airstrikes. A statement by NDS said at least 60 of the militants Read the full article...

More than 140 people have been wounded in traffic accidents during the three days of Eid in western Herat province. Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, spokesman for Herat Regional Hospital said that most of the victims are young people who sustained injuries in traffic accidents while driving motorcycles in Herat city. He said that the casualty toll Read the full article...

Bill Gates, head of the Gates Foundation and Co-Founder of Microsoft wants Afghan government to take more strict efforts to eradicate polio virus from Afghanistan. A statement issued by the office of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday states that Gates praised the efforts of the government in fight against the polio virus Read the full article...

A landmine blast has claimed the lives of a mother and her son in southwestern Nimroz province. Maj. Mohammad Ghaws Sistani, Deputy Police Chief of Nimroz province said that the incident took place in Chahar Burjak District on Saturday. He said that six civilians belonging to a single family were driving in a Corolla vehicle Read the full article...

A commander of the Taliban group was killed while planning an attack on capital Kabul during the Eid days, the Afghan intelligence said Sunday. A statement by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the Taliban commander Qari Yousuf was killed along with his four men in central Logar province. The statement further added that Read the full article...

The United States and China have reaffirmed their long term support for Afghanistan. The US’s Secretary of State John Kerry and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi appeared with CEO Abdullah Abdullah and Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani in front of the media at the sideline of 70th UN General Assembly. CEO Abdullah briefed the participants of Read the full article...

Member of Parliament Eng. Abdul Ghafar has lost a leg in the blast on his vehicle in eastern Nangarhar province. Sources at Nangarhar Regional Hospital say that Ghafar had a surgery with them after which he was sent to Kabul. Doctor Najibullah Kamawal, head of the hospital said that Ghafar was sent to Kabul based Read the full article...

35 militants belonging to the militant group of Daesh have been killed in a clash with security forces in Achin District of eastern Nangarhar province. Haji Ghalib, the governor of Achin District who reported the clash this morning told media before noon that there is no resistance in the area and that militants have been Read the full article...

The United States has been seriously concerned over the advancement of Daesh or the Islamic State militant group in Afghanistan. According to a report published by Voice of America (VOA), a senior official of the US’s State Department has said that the US is taking it seriously. “It is unpredictable as yet how it might Read the full article...

The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs has confirmed that two of the eight Afghans missing after a Hajj stampede accident in Saudi Arabia have been killed. Dai-ul-haq Abid, Deputy Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs said that the death was confirmed by the ministry’s representative in Makkah. Abid said that both of these pilgrims Read the full article...