Новости за 14.12.2015

Author: Maryam Bahar Sadat I believe that girls should not be forced to get married. Regardless of gender no one should be forced to do anything against their will. Marriage is considered as a sacred event in life, and is celebrated with joy not with sorrow or forcing. According to the United Nations, as of Read the full article...

The historic central Bamiyan province of Afghanistan has been added to the list of Creative Cities Network of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Bamiyan is among the 47 cities from 33 countries joining the network of UNESCO’s Creative Cities, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said. According to UNESCO, the 47 cities have Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has foiled a terrorist plot to attack vehicles of the Indian embassy in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. NDS personnel have arrested two terrorists belonging to Daesh group who had planned to carry out the attack. A statement released by NDS on Read the full article...

Abdul Ali Mohammadi who was suspended from his post as legal adviser to the presidential palace over the controversial scandal of Smart City project says President was forced to suspend him. Mohammadi who was summoned to the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of Parliament on Monday said after the termination of Smart City agreement somebody Read the full article...

Security forces have killed over a dozen of Taliban fighters in an ambush in Ab Band District of southern Ghazni province. Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, Deputy Governor of Ghazni province says 19 Taliban fighters armed with heavy and light weapons planned to go to Qara Bagh District for attacks. He said police and army forces had Read the full article...

After Presidential Palace “ARG” slammed Pakistan’s Minister of Defense for his remarks regarding the safety of trans-Afghan gas pipeline project, Parliament also strongly criticized Pakistan for interfering in Afghan affairs. Abdul Rawouf Ibrahimi, speaker of Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of Parliament said during Monday’s session that Khwaja Mohammad Asif has clearly interfered in Afghan Read the full article...

The US Special Operations Forces have secretly taken more role in suppressing the growing insurgency activities by the anti-government armed militant groups in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, it has been reported. According to Afghan and American officials quoted in a report by New York Times, the excessive central role taken by the American special Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani returned to Kabul late Sunday after inaugurating the historic economic project of the region. During his inaugural speech at the ceremony to open the construction work of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project in Turkmenistan’s Mary province on Sunday, President Ghani said the project will insure all four countries have carbon Read the full article...

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), A Sunni militant group, has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion in a Shia dominated area of Pakistan. Ali Bin Sufiyan who identifies himself as spokesperson for LeJ has said in a message sent to media that they had planted an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in Eidgah Bazar of Parachinar in retaliation for Read the full article...

Leading a high-level government delegation, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah has arrived in China for Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit opened on Monday in Zhengzhou City of Henan province. CEO Abdullah Abdullah will brief participants of the meeting on the recent developments in Afghanistan. He will also discuss the political and economic cooperation of Read the full article...

The Afghanistan Under-19 national cricket team defeated Zimbabwe in their first One Day International (ODI) match, recording their first victory in the new home ground provided by India. The game was played in the Greater Noida stadium in India shortly after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Board for Control of Cricket in Read the full article...