Новости за 21.12.2015

The newly-built Afghan parliament building is all set for a formal inauguration on coming Friday as the Indian officials have said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely visit Kabul on the same day for the inauguration ceremony. The trip by Modi has not been officially confirmed however sources privy of the development have said he Read the full article...

Wolesi Jirga or House of Representatives on Monday rejected the recommended budget for fiscal year 2015 with vast majority of votes. Only eight green cards were raised in favor of the budget during today’s session and rest of the lawmakers raised red cards to disapprove the budget. The main reason behind the rejection was reportedly Read the full article...

A series of explosions rocked capital Kabul around 9:00 local time after two rockets fired from unknown location landed in the main diplomatic parts of the city. One of the rockets reportedly landed in the vicinity of Pashtunistan Watt located close to Ministry compounds, a Luxury hotel and Presidential Palace. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) Read the full article...

At least six service members of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission were killed following a suicide car bomb attack in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan. “Six Resolute Support service members died as a result of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in Bagram, Afghanistan on December 21 at approximately 1:30 pm,” a statement by Read the full article...

A suicide bomber targeted a joint patrol of the Afghan and foreign forces in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan this afternoon. According to local security officials in Bagram district, the incident took place in Bajori area of Bagram after a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated his explosives near the joint patrol of Afghan and Read the full article...

Security agencies have arrested a suspect after killing a woman in capital Kabul. Officials say the suspect who is also prayers leader at a nearby mosque attacked the woman while she was leaving a gym in Kart-e-Chahar area located in PD3 of Kabul city late Sunday. No further information regarding the incident has popped up Read the full article...

The estimated $10 billion gas pipeline project between Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, also known as TAPI gas pipeline, officially inaugurated construction on November 13 2015. The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaze Sharif and Indian vice president Muhammad Hamid Ansari. The approximately 1,800 Read the full article...

Reason behind the tragedy that took place in Behsood District of eastern Nangarhar province about a week ago which claimed eight lives including children was “inheritance”. The team that has been assigned to get to the bottom of the case says that Yousuf and his family was killed by his relatives. This information has come up Read the full article...

Ghulam Nasir Khaze has been appointed new governor for western Ghor province, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) announced through a statement released to media on Sunday. According to the statement, Khaze was recommended by IDLG and approved by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. Khaze will be replacing Seema Jowenda who was relieved of her Read the full article...

A senior American official has said that there is increasing recognition in Pakistan to fight Afghan Taliban in order to defeat Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – the primary group of insurgents in Pakistan that has carried out some deadly attacks in the country including the 2014 attack at a school in Peshawar which left around 250 Read the full article...

Afghan Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz faced defeat during his debut in Russia’s Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) facing Islam Makoev in Tajikistan on Sunday night. Despite coming out strong during the initial minutes with some ground and pound action, Mubariz lost the match via ‘standing rear naked choke’ submission. With Sunday night’s Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has foiled a suicide attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province which is on the border with India’s rival Pakistan. In a statement released by Nangarhar Media Center on Sunday, the arrested would-be suicide bomber is identified as Read the full article...

Taliban militants have captured government compounds including the police headquarters in Sangin District of southern Helmand province. Reports suggest that most areas in the district capital have fallen to the hands of Taliban and security forces have stepped back from those areas. 150 policemen have reportedly left the district capital and are fighting with Taliban Read the full article...

An Afghan lawmaker managed to escape Taliban captivity nine hours after he was kidnapped in one of the relatively volatile provinces of Afghanistan close to capital Kabul. Nasrullah Sadeqizada Neli representing central Daikundi province in the Afghan parliament was abducted from the restive Maidan Wardak province. Another individual accompanying the lawmaker was also abducted by Read the full article...