Новости за 05.10.2015

The Pakistani Taliban group has reportedly released a video which purportedly shows the execution of a Pakistani officer who was serving with the country’s military intelligence – Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). The ISI officer, identified as Bashir Ahmad Khan, was hanged to death to avenge the execution of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members. Khan was originally Read the full article...

The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have released a new propaganda video claimed to be filmed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The video purportedly shows the beheading of a man in an area apparently under the control of the loyalists of the terror group. The man, accused Read the full article...

The top US commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Campbell has said the airstrike on Kunduz hospital was carried out by the US military after receiving requests by the Afghan security forces. Speaking to reporters at a Pentagon briefing, Gen. Campbell said “We have now learned that on October, 3rd, Afghan forces advised that they were Read the full article...

A relatively heavy explosion rocked capital Kabul earlier tonight after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in Darul Aman area of the city. Gun battle between the security forces and a group of militants was also reported in the area with local residents saying they have heard two blasts in the area so far. Sediq Sediq, Read the full article...

Taliban militants had planned to seize the provincial capital of northern Faryab province and storm the province’s jail to release prisoners. Brigadier General Dawlat Waziri, the deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said in a press conference on Monday that Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack on Maimana from all directions yesterday and engaged Read the full article...

Taliban militants kidnapped four civilians from a village in eastern Kunar province but two of them escaped. Brigadier General Sayed Habib Sayedkhili, police chief of Kunar province said on Monday that militants went to Patan area of Noorgal District and kidnapped a father with three sons last night. He said two of the hostages ran Read the full article...

In the aftermath of a deadly attack on a military-run school in Peshawar city that resulted in the death of at least 150 people and wounded more than 130 others, Pakistan began training teachers to use firearms in order to fight with militants until security forces arrive in case of repetition of the school attack. Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested a Haqqani Terrorist Network commander who was wearing a Burqa and trying to enter Khost city. A statement released by NDS on Monday states that Niamatullah alias Khalid S/O Zanzir Gul was assigned by the terrorist network as the military commander for Dwa Read the full article...

Seven militants have been killed and eight others wounded in anti-Daesh operation in Achin District of eastern Nangarhar province. Daesh suffered the latest casualties in Abdulkhil area that is infiltrated by the militant group. A statement released by Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal — spokesman for the media office of Nangarhar’s police HQ states that the Read the full article...

The charity organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has announced leaving northern Kundoz province of Afghanistan after an airstrike that hit their hospital. Tim Shenk, a spokesman for the organization in New York said “No medical activities are possible now in the MSF hospital in Kunduz, at a time when the medical needs are Read the full article...

Afghan National Security Forces have rebuffed a coordinated attack of Taliban militants on Maimana, the provincial capital of northern Faryab province. Taliban insurgents armed with heavy and light weapons launched the assault on Maimana from three directions yesterday and engaged in intense gun battle with security forces. The clash continued until this morning and finally Read the full article...

The National Procurement Commission (NPC) has approved 10 contracts worth of nearly 500 million Afghanis. NPC reviewed 25 contracts in its latest meeting under the chairmanship of President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani at Presidential Palace. A statement released by the Presidential Palace ‘Arg’ late on Sunday states that 10 contracts worth of 492,250,042 were approved. The Read the full article...