Новости за 19.11.2015

The Indian-supplied Mi-25 gunship helicopters will kick-off operations with the Afghan Air Force within the next two months, it has been reported. The delivery of the Russian-made gunships comes amid crucial need of close air support to the Afghan national security forces who are fighting the Taliban militants on their own during the past one year, Read the full article...

Terrorist groups are usually using individuals with less or no knowledge regarding religion to carry out terrorist and suicide attacks and such is the case with the latest suicide blast in Paris where a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives during a police raid. New distressing details have emerged regarding the 26-year-old Hasna Ait Boulahcen Read the full article...

The National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar has given Afghanistan’s ‘wish list’ regarding the provision of military equipment by India, it has been reported. Deputy Afghan Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai said Thursday the list was given by Atmar during a meeting with his Indian counterpart where the two countries discussed ways to enhance defense cooperation. Read the full article...

The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group in Afghanistan are training children as young as 3-year-old as they are looking to expand their foothold in the country. The harrowing fact regarding the use of kids as new recruits in Afghanistan has been revealed in a news documentary series which Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested a Taliban commander with his men involved in attack that led to the fall of Kundoz city in September. NDS in a statement released on Thursday states that Ziulhaq and his men Qari Shir Agha, Qandagha, Mohammad Naqib and Wahidullah had recently crossed Read the full article...

As world is focusing the horror of the Islamic State which killed more than 100 people killed in its latest wave of violence in Paris, another group has emerged as the world’s deadliest terrorist group. The data, published in the third edition of the Global Terrorism Index shows Boko Haram leaving the Islamic State, Taliban Read the full article...

Taliban militants have captured Yamgan of Badakhshan province for second time in six months. Militants armed with heavy and light weapons launched a coordinated attack on this district from several angles yesterday and ultimately captured the it. Sakhi Dad Haidari, Deputy Police Chief of Badakhshan said due to bad weather conditions, reinforcement did not arrive Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani heading a high level government delegation would leave to Kazakhstan late on Thursday. Reports suggest that during the state visit, President Ghani would meet his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, Prime Minister Karim Qajymqanuly Massimov and other high ranking Kazakh officials. Both sides would ink few agreements including at least two in Read the full article...

Germany currently has up to 850 troops assisting NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan but the country has announced increasing this number to 980. Mainly after the seizure of a provincial capital by Taliban, which is unprecedented in last 14 years, NATO member countries argued that Afghan National Security and Defense Forces and the country’s Read the full article...

Nine people have sustained injuries in an explosion in front of the police headquarters of Baghlan-i-Markazi District of northern Baghlan province. Abdul Bashir, deputy police chief of Baghlan province said the blast took place around 10:00 am this morning. He said the bomb was attached to a motorcycle parked in front of the police HQ. Read the full article...

Five attackers, including a suicide bomber, have been killed and a soldier of Afghan National Army (ANA) embraced martyrdom in attack on Arghandab District of southern Kandahar province. Kandahar Media and Information Center (KMIC) writes in post on its “facebook” page that the attack was launched by a suicide bomber around 07:00 am in the Read the full article...