Новости за 24.10.2015

The Afghan Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz has secured the 1st place among the top 3 best fighters of the world – Best Fighters of Striking Eagles. Mubariz was placed in the top after receiving 7,516 votes during a contest organized by the Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) fighting organization. Mubariz was selected Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani modified a statement delivered on the eve of Ashura Day during which he called Imam Hussain the ‘grandson of God’, in an apparent slip of tongue. Quoted in a statement released by President Palace, President Ghani admitted that a ‘verbal error’ was made during his speech delivered during a ceremony marking Read the full article...

Afghanistan made history by winning One Day International (ODI) series from Zimbabwe, an ICC full member country. In today’s match which was the fifth and last match of the bilateral ODI series between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, Afghan players played all 50 overs and made 245 runs by losing 9 wickets. Zimbabwe required to make 246 Read the full article...

A gun battle erupted in Khamab district of northern Jawzjan province earlier today, two days after the district was cleared in operations led by the Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum. Sultan Faizy, media advisor to the First Vice President, said the gun battle erupted after a group of Taliban militants launched attack on Afghan Read the full article...

A Taliban commander was executed by a fellow commander in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan over an internal dispute, it has been reported. The incident took place in Tagab Keshm district over an internal dispute between the two senior Taliban commanders, apparently due to distribution of funds collected from the local residents in the form Read the full article...

The Afghan national security forces seized the control of Ghormach district in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, local officials said Saturday. The Taliban militants captured the district after launching coordinated attacks nearly a week ago. The local officials said the district was recaptured following three days of air and ground offensive and raised the Afghan Read the full article...

With popularity of group weddings increasing in parts of the country amid growing wedding costs, the tribal elders in Tanai district of eastern Khost province have found a new solution to pricey weddings. The new agreement finalized by 400 tribal elders and religious scholars sets a ceiling of $5,000 on the bride-price which includes gold jewellery Read the full article...

Security agencies have detained the shadow governor of Taliban for Kuz Kunar District of eastern Nangarhar province. Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for Nangarhar police said this morning that Ajmal was detained along with two other suspects, Abdul Mateen and Abdullah, during a joint raid of police and National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Goshta Read the full article...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that Islamabad is prepared to help revive stalled peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban and that he has talked about it with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. But Nawaz Sharfi said he cannot bring Taliban to peace talks “and be asked to kill them at the Read the full article...

The Russian ambassador to Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov has said the affiliates of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are competing with the Taliban group for leadership among the extremist groups operating in Afghanistan. Lyakin-Frolov quoted in local media reports said “The relations between the Taliban movement and ISIL in Afghanistan can currently Read the full article...

At least 25,000 Shia Muslims had gathered at a shrine in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka when unidentified men threw bombs at them on Saturday. Police say one person has lost life and more than 100 others sustained injuries in the incident. According to police, home-made bombs were used in the early morning attack at Hossaini Dalan, Read the full article...