Новости за 10.10.2015

The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said he is trying to revive peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban group which was stalled by the announcement of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death. The Afghan delegation was due to meet the Taliban group representatives in Pakistan for the second round of Read the full article...

Afghan Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz is competing in an online voting contest to secure a position among the top 5 best fighters of the world – Best Fighters of Striking Eagles. The contest has been organized by the Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) fighting organization. Voting link www.acbmma.com/contest Mubariz is one of Read the full article...

A former commander of the Haqqani Terrorist Network narrowly survived a bomb attack in Khost province on Saturday. The bomb was placed in a vehicle parked along the roadside in Khost city and went off when Mawlawi Mohammad Sardar Zadran was going through the area in his vehicle. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police Read the full article...

30 people were killed and 126 others wounded when two explosions apparently targeting a peace rally by hundreds of people in the capital Ankara on Saturday. Government called the explosions a terror attack and said that investigation is underway to find out if they were the act of suicide attacker(s). Turkey’s Interior Ministry said that Read the full article...

A high level delegation of the Ministry of Finance and Da Afghanistan Bank led by Eklil Hakimi is participating in the International Monetary Fund – World Bank Annual Meetings held in Lima, Peru. The three day meeting of the major development partners of Afghanistan began on Oct 09  and will continue until Oct 11. Eklil Read the full article...

Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of Parliament on Saturday raised concern over the security operation launched to retake Kundoz city from Taliban. Abdul Rawouf Ibrahimi while talking to the session said that government needs to review the operation. If government does not review it and the operation goes on at this pace, people of Afghanistan Read the full article...

The Afghan National Army 201st ‘Selab’ Corps has detained a would-be suicide bomber in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, The Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday. A statement released by the ministry states that the terrorist was arrested by the first brigade of 201st Corps in Matin Pul area of Wata Pur District on Friday. Read the full article...

Three civilians have been killed in fighting between security forces and Taliban militants in southern part of Logar province. Governor of Logar province told Associated Press (AP) that Afghan troops were conducting a military operation near a mosque in Baraki Barak District when they came under Taliban ambush on Friday. Halim Fidai said that civilians Read the full article...

A former Central Investigation Agency (CIA) officer has said that Pakistan is probably the most dangerous country for the world. “While Pakistan is not the most dangerous country in the world, it is probably the most dangerous country for the world, and as such, a serious case for close and continued US engagement with Pakistan Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with representatives of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Friday and talked to them about the Kundoz hospital tragedy. President Ghani said that the investigation needs to be completed to show who the information was obtained and the incident took place. “Judgment should not be made before the investigation Read the full article...