Новости за 16.12.2015

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) appointed prominent Mixed Martial Art (MMA) Baz Mohammad Mubariz as the goodwill ambassador for the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces. The title of the goodwill ambassador to Mubariz was given to him by MoI spokesman Sediq Sediq during an event in Kabul which was attended by high level government officials. Read the full article...

A newly-wed Saudi woman was divorced by her husband after she was caught kissing a baby camel by her husband’s family, it has been reported. The husband of the woman has said he was pressed by her mother who had seen her bride kissing the baby camel and demanded a divorce on the grounds what Read the full article...

The outstanding electricity bills of the government organizations have exceeded $40 million, the state power firm – Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said Wednesday. According to DABS officials, at least 25 ministries and the Afghanistan Supreme Court have not paid their electricity bills during the past years. DABS spokesman Wahid Tawhidi told reporters that the Read the full article...

Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in Iraq 25 years after diplomatic ties between the two countries severed. Saudi’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the embassy staff arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday. “They were met at the airport by foreign ministry officials. The staff consists of 35 people, led by the ambassador’s deputy.” Read the full article...

Saudi Arabia has invited Afghanistan to join its newly formed Islamic military alliance against terrorism. The invitation was given to Minister of Foreign Affairs by Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Kabul Abdulrahman al- Ghaseb on Tuesday. Salahuddin Rabbani told al- Ghaseb that Afghanistan will comprehensively assess the issue and adopt its decision in near future. Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has seized 2,000 kilograms of explosive materials in capital Kabul. A statement released by the NDS on Wednesday states that the explosive materials discovered in 21st sector of the city were placed in 20 bags of 50 KGs. The 2,000 KGs of “ammonium nitrate” were Read the full article...

Heavy clashes have erupted between two militant groups in eastern Nangarhar province resulting in the deaths and injuries of dozens of insurgents. Spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province told Khaama Press on Wednesday that the sporadic clashes have erupted between Daesh and Taliban in Dago, Sangina, Sulaimankhil, Gratak and Mano villages of Chaparhar District Read the full article...

Tight security measures have been taken and additional forces deployed in major cities and sensitive sites across Pakistan as the country marks first anniversary of a Taliban attack at an army-run school in Peshawar that left 151 people killed and more than 100 others wounded, most of them school children, on 16 December 2014. “Security Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has instructed the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) to link all universities in the country through Fibre Optic internet network. While talking to the 11th National Information Technology Conference in Kabul, President Ghani said that our culture and technology do not oppose each other. “We need to understand our national Read the full article...