Новости за 02.01.2016

Zimbabwe kept the five-match One Day International (ODI) series alive by defeating Afghanistan during the third match of the series by 117 runs. The Afghan bowlers restricted Zimbabwe 175 runs in a yet another brilliant performance however the Afghan batsmen could not chase the given target and collapsed by scoring only 58 runs during the Read the full article...

The Afghan-born Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Siyar Bahadurzada will face the American UFC fighter Brandon Thatch next month. According to UFC, the fight has been scheduled on 21st February during the ‘UFC Fight Night 82’. Bahadurzada made his debut in UFC in early 2012 by taking on the Brazilian fighter Paulo Thiago and knocked Read the full article...

The Afghanistan Football coach Petar Segrt has said the final match of South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) Championship final between Afghanistan and India ‘will be a new day for both teams’, insisting that we have to win it for the people of Afghanistan. Segrt further added that Afghanistan will not take the Indian team lightly, Read the full article...

At least four bombers were killed after they were blown up by own explosives in western Herat province of Afghanistan, it has been reported. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the four bombers were looking to carry out a coordinated attack using a truck packed with explosives in Herat province. A statement by MoI said Read the full article...

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has said that 2016 would be the “year of national solidarity” and also final year of terrorism in his country. “The new year will be the year when terrorism will end,” he said during an address to the elders of Gwadar, Talar and Turbat areas of Read the full article...

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has warned against celebratory gunfire following the likely victory of the Afghanistan football team in South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) championship. Afghanistan will face India in the final match of SAFF Suzuki Cup on Sunday and there are fears heavy aerial firing following the victory of the Afghan team, similarly Read the full article...

A comparatively strong earthquake jolted parts of Afghanistan including capital Kabul, east and northeast this afternoon. There tremors were also felt in parts of Pakistan including Islamabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Kashmir and New Delhi. US Geological Survey (USGS) reports strength of the quake 5.3 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Hindu Kush mountain range. Read the full article...

Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced executing 47 people convicted of plotting and carrying out terrorist attacks against security forces and civilians. A statement released by the kingdom’s interior ministry states that most of those executed were involved in a series of attacks carried out by al-Qaeda from 2003-06. The 47 men were based across 12 Read the full article...

Three security personnel have been killed and six others sustained injuries in a gun battle that erupted after terrorists attacked a base of Indian Air Force near Pakistan. Security officials say five militants from the terrorist group of Jaish-e-Mohammed launched the attack around 3:30 am (local time) in Punjab’s Pathankot District making their way to the Read the full article...

The rival Taliban groups, led by Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour and Mullah Mohammad Rasool have agreed on ceasefire and exchange of prisoners. Two senior Taliban have told Reuters news agency that representatives of a splinter group headed by Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund calling itself the ulema, which rejects Mansour’s authority, travelled to an undisclosed location Read the full article...

Afghan National Army Special Forces have released 59 hostages from the captivity of Taliban militants in southern Helmand province. A statement released by the Ministry of Defense on Saturday morning states that the hostages were released from Taliban hideouts in Nahr-e-Saraj District last night. The press release further states that Taliban had locked up these Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and NATO headquarters in Afghanistan have strongly condemned the attack on a restaurant in Kabul that left a number of civilians killed and wounded. “Attacking public places & killing innocent people are unforgivable crimes w/ no justification in any religion,” President Ghani said in a post on his official twitter account. Read the full article...