Новости за 23.12.2015

India has reportedly delivered three of the four Russian-made Mi-25 gunship helicopters to Afghanistan with the last gunship to arrive in the near future. Sources privy of the development in New Delhi have said the gunships were transported to Afghanistan by a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force. Although the officials in Kabul Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arrived in Turkey this afternoon after concluding a state visit to Azerbaijan, the Presidential Palace said. A statement by ARG Palace said President met with the economy minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev and Chief of State Border Service of Azerbaijan Republic Gen. Elchin Guliyev this morning. The statement further added that Read the full article...

Russia has opened communication channels in a bid to exchange information with the Taliban group in Afghanistan regarding the emergent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan, it has been reported. A Russian diplomat quoted by Interfax news agency said Moscow and Taliban interests in fight against Islamic State of Iraq Read the full article...

Russia has stepped up rearming the armed forces of Kyrgyzstan amid concerns that the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan could affect the Central Asian countries. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu the step by Moscow has been taken in a bid to counter the threats posed by the emergent Islamic State terror group in Read the full article...

Two civilians have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Chahar Burjak District of southwestern Nimroz province. Colonel Mohammad Ghaws Sistani, Deputy Police Chief of Nimroz province said the incident took place in Rodbar village. He said two civilians were riding a motorbike that struck a landmine on its way leaving both of them Read the full article...

The acting Afghan Defense Minister Masoom Stanikzai said Wednesday that Afghans are fighting the foreign insurgents in a war which has been imposed on Afghanistan and the Afghan people. Briefing the Afghan reporters regarding the situation of southern Helmand province, Stanikzai said efforts have been put in place to bring the situation in Helmand province Read the full article...

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold talks on Afghanistan during his visit to Russia amid deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan with rampant Taliban insurgency as well as the emergent loyalists of Islamic State terror group who are often conducting terrorist related activities in parts of the country. Modi will arrive in Read the full article...

Afghanistan National Football Team that is in India to take part in the 11th championship of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) complains about the poor facilities. A statement released by the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) states that the hotel booked for Afghan players is not suitable due to which AFF has decided to book Read the full article...

Signals of the newly launched ISIS-propaganda radio ‘Radio of the Caliphate’ have been received in areas of Pakistan on and close to its border with Afghanistan. According to Pakistan’s The Express Tribune news, the station has traumatized locals not only in the tribal areas, but as far as the settled area of Charsadda near Mohmand Read the full article...

The affiliates of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which also goes by its Arabic name Daesh have threatened to kill journalists in eastern Nangarhar. The threat has been broadcasted through the group’s newly launched FM Radio ‘Voice of the Caliphate’ which is easily accessible in the provincial capital and the surrounding districts. Read the full article...

The Indian cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the reconstruction and completion of Salma dam at a revised cost of INR 1,775.69 crore which is equivalent to around $268,050,296. According to local media reports, the revised reconstruction cost was approved by Union Cabinet on Tuesday – three days before the likely visit Read the full article...

The visiting Afghan delegation signed two accords with Azerbaijan officials on Tuesday. The documents include a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) “On cooperation in the sphere of labor, social protection and employment” and an agreement “On cooperation between Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting Closed Joint-Stock Company and the National Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA)”. The MoU Read the full article...