Новости за 21.10.2015

A group of Taliban militants launched coordinated attack on a military compound belonging to the Afghan Border Police (ABP) forces in southern Kandahar province. The attack was launched around 7:00 pm local time in Spin Boldak district, involving at least three heavily armed suicide bombers. According to the local government officials, heavy gun battle was Read the full article...

The Afghan national security forces launched coordinated operations-led by the First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum against the Taliban militants in Khamab district of northern Jawzjan province. According to the local security officials, the operations are launched a day after Gen. Dostum arrived in Jawzjan province to supervise operations against the Taliban insurgents. The Read the full article...

Pakistan is sending wheat to civilians affected by a deadly Taliban attack in northern Kundoz province. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has directed the country’s Foreign Office to send a plane-load of wheat stock to Kundoz where people face major food shortage following the 16 days long clashes between Taliban insurgents and security forces. A Read the full article...

Five militants belonging to the Islamic State which is also known by its Arabic name Daesh have been killed and a vehicle loaded with weapons and ammunition seized in eastern Nangarhar province. Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for the police HQ of Nangarhar said that the insurgents were killed in artillery fire on their hideouts Read the full article...

The National Security Council has instructed Army Corps across the country to be on high alert. A meeting of the National Security Council was organized at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday in which the security situation of the country was discussed and necessary instructions were issued to the security organs. At the beginning of the Read the full article...

Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority has upgraded to ‘Ministry’ as per a decree by the Presidential Palace. Mohammad Sarwar Danish, the second-Vice President of Afghanistan said in a press conference on Wednesday that ANDMA was operating out of temporarily compounds. He said after a thorough  review the decision was taken to upgrade it to the Read the full article...

Government has launched a project to transfer electricity from Kabul to neighboring Logar province. As per the project, power cables would be extended from Arghandi area of Kabul to the provincial capital of Logar province in a period of one year. It includes the installation of 246 electricity pillars in the distance of 71.6 kilometers Read the full article...

An Afghan who migrated to Canada with her family about 20 years ago won a seat in the parliament of Canada. Maryam Monsef now a member of Liberal Party of Canada received the most votes among her peers from Peterborough-Kawartha District of Ontario province. She has posted a message on her facebook account about her Read the full article...

Security forces have fended off a Taliban attack on Ghoryan District of western Herat province. According to reports, around 200 militants launched the attack on security forces in the vicinity of Ghoryan’s capital city on Tuesday evening Sediq Sediqi, spokesman for Ministry of Interior posted a message on its twitter account last night stating that Read the full article...