Новости за 24.12.2015

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for birthday wishes, saying ‘The Afghan People look forward to welcome you.’ The Indian Prime Minister tweeted earlier today and wished the former Afghan President on the occasion of his 58th Birthday. “Dear @KarzaiH, wishing you a very Happy Birthday. I pray that Read the full article...

At least 21 passengers lost their lives in a deadly traffic accident in northern Samangan province of Afghanistan earlier this evening, local officials said. The officials further added the incident took place after a passenger bus collided with a truck around 5:00 pm local time. Provincial police spokesman Munir Rahimi said the incident took place Read the full article...

The Afghanistan national football team defeated Bangladesh 3-0 in their opening match in South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) Championship on Thursday. Played in Trivandrum International Stadium in Delhi city of India, both the teams started a moderate performance with no goals during the initial minutes of the game despite Afghanistan lost a number of opportunities Read the full article...

The Afghan government on Thursday released photos of the Mi-25 gunship helicopters recently delivered by India in a bid to support the Afghan national security forces. The photos were released by the Office of National Security Adviser showing the delivery of the gunship helicopters with National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar and Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Read the full article...

Taliban militant group on Thursday condemned the renewal of sanctions by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) which include financial, travel and arms-trade restrictions on the group and its supporters. “The Islamic Emirate strongly condemns the sanctions by the UNSC,” states a statement released by the group. Taliban statement further states that the sanctions would Read the full article...

Security forces have killed seven important commander of Taliban group in Charkh District of central Logar province. Police chief of Logar province said the Taliban commanders killed in the raid include the group’s so-called governor for the same District Mawlawi Asadullah and military commander Mullah Sharif. Brigadier General Dawoud Ahmadi added that other commanders of Read the full article...

Security forces have suppressed the attack of hundreds of Taliban insurgents in southern Zabul. A high ranking security official said the attack was led by a local Taliban commander by the name of Peer Agha. Haji Asif Tokhi said local Taliban militants were supported by their comrades from neighboring Kandahar and some foreign insurgents. He Read the full article...

At least 50 Taliban insurgents were killed during an operation involving the Special Operation Forces of the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. Sediq Sediqi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), said Thursday that the operation was conducted in the key Sangin district of Helmand. Read the full article...

25 people have been killed and 107 wounded in a fire that broke out at a hospital in Jizan region of Saudi Arabia. The fire at the Jizan General Hospital was sparked on the first floor in the intensive care unit and the maternity ward around 2:30 a.m. local time Thursday (6:30 p.m. ET on Read the full article...

Described as ‘India’s symbolic gift of democracy to Afghanistan’, the new Afghan parliament building is all set for a formal inauguration with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to visit capital Kabul for the inauguration ceremony on tomorrow. The construction work of the new parliament building started in 2009 by India’s premier government-owned construction Read the full article...

A U.S. drone strike has killed three militants belonging to Taliban while security forces arrested two fighters of Daesh group in eastern Nangarhar province. A statement released by the police headquarters of Nangarhar states that the three militants killed in drone strike belonged to a local Taliban commander by the name of Saif-ud-Din. According to Read the full article...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah has said that Kabul recognizes change in Pakistan’s policies particularly with Islamabad’s assurance of working for peace and stability in Afghanistan but public perception would change through actions. “It will take time for common Afghans to be on-board. They have doubts which need to be removed through actions,” CEO Read the full article...

The former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said Britain must help in bringing stability to Afghanistan as amid deteriorating security situation with the rampant Taliban insurgency and the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) loyalists in the country. Miliband has warned that Afghanistan has the potential to become an ‘expansion ground’ Read the full article...