Новости за 04.11.2015

An Afghan woman was awarded the 7th World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) prize at a ceremony in at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) on Wednesday. The 65-year-old Dr. Sakina Yaqoobi, popularly known as Afghanistan’s mother of education, received the prize for dedicating her time and persistently working in the past two decades to Read the full article...

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crashed in a mountainous area south of capital Kabul on Wednesday. An Interior Ministry official has told media on condition of anonymity that the incident took place shortly after 05:00 PM. He said that no casualties were caused by the crash. Media agencies also cites an official of NATO’s Resolute Read the full article...

The former Pakistani cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is expected to continue coaching the Afghan cricket team for at least next two years, it has reported. The decision was reportedly taken following back-to-back series win against Zimbabwe in what was branded a historic victory for the Afghanistan cricket. The former Afghanistan coach Kabir Khan quoted in a Read the full article...

Parliament on Wednesday urged government to investigate and arrest the killers of a girl who was stoned to death by a “desert court” in central Ghor province. Lawmakers also advised the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs to instruct Mullahs of every mosque around the country to inform people about the principles of Islam regarding Read the full article...

The foundation stone of a modern city, named as “Smart City”, was laid during a ceremony in capital Kabul on Wednesday. Smart City is being constructed by private companies on 68 Jeribs of land on Sarak-e-Chehal Metra of Kabul airport. The initial investment of the city is $95 million but its revolving capital is $900 Read the full article...

Russian Federation says that the request of military assistance from Afghanistan is at final stage. “Your government had requested some military assistance free of charge… we promised to provide such types of assistance free of charge. Now it is under consideration of almost on final stage,” said Russian ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy during a press conference Read the full article...

Residents of eastern Kunar province urge death sentence for Sediq Alamyar allegedly responsible for over 1,000 lives during the war times in Afghanistan. Those who had lost their family members or relatives in the incident said on Tuesday that Alamyar had direct hand in the mass massacre of 1260 people and bulldozing them in Kunar Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested the shadow governor of Taliban militant group for eastern Laghman province. Aminullah Kocha was on his way to Pakistan when arrested with two of his bodyguards in Samarkhil area of Nangarhar’s Behsood District, a statement released by NDS on Tuesday states. “He had Read the full article...