Новости за 03.01.2016

A group of armed men have launched attack on Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of northern Balkh province. The local officials have confirmed that a group of armed men have taken position inside a house and are opening fire on the consulate building. Numerous explosions have been heard from the incident area located Read the full article...

India defeated the Afghan national football team during the final match of South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) Championship final to claim the championship title for the 7th time. Both Afghanistan and India ended the first half of the match with no goals scored but the Afghan player zubair Amiri hits first goal for Afghanistan during Read the full article...

A low-level earthquake jolted parts of Pakistan at about 01:50 Pm (local time) on Sunday. Local media reports that the tremor of the quake was felt in Malakand Division and other areas. Strength of the earthquake is recorded 2.6 on Richter scale with its epicenter being the Besham mountain range with a depth of 10 Read the full article...

A chopper of the Afghan National Army (ANA) has crashed in central Logar province, leaving three on board killed and one wounded. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirms the incident through a statement released to media. According to the statement, pilots of Afghan Air Force were conducting training when one of their helicopters MY-17 made Read the full article...

Saudi Arabia has given an ultimatum of 24 hours to Iranian envoy in Riyadh to leave the country. According to local media reports, the order was issued after the Saudi embassy was attacked in Tehran last night. Tension escalated between Saudi and Iran after the kingdom executed a Shiite Cleric Sheikh al-Nimr on terrorism charges Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has seized a bomb-making factory in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province. A statement released by the agency on Sunday states that the factory was discovered and destroyed in a joint operation with Afghan National Army in Wazir Abad village of Garmsir District. 33 landmines, rounds of Read the full article...

The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) expects to start 2016 more capabilities as compared to the previous years in suppressing the anti-government armed militants. The optimisms that could turn the year different for the Afghan forces mainly lies with the growing the capabilities of the Afghan Air Force (AAF), both in terms of equipment and Read the full article...

Angry protesters have set fire to the Saudi Arabia embassy in Tehran and the country’s consulate in Mashad after the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh al-Nimr. Crowds of protesters first stormed and ransacked Saudi’s embassy and Consulate. Then they damaged property there after which they threw Molotov cocktail and set on fire both Read the full article...

At last five militants were killed in a drone strike apparently carried out by the coalition security forces in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Sunday that the airstrike was carried out on Saturday in Shegal district, targeting a group of militants in Chogam area. MoD in a statement said Read the full article...

Security forces have rebuffed a militant attack on security posts in Shigal District of eastern Nangarhar province. A statement released by the Ministry of Defense on Sunday states that a group of armed opponents attacked security posts of Afghan National Army (ANA) in Shultan area yesterday. The statement adds that ANA gave a befitting response Read the full article...

The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan confirmed death of the group’s top leader Sayyed Muhammad Haqqani due to natural causes. Mawlawi Haqqani has been described as Taliban group leadership’s top figure for being involved in different affairs of the Taliban insurgency since the formation of the group in mid 90s. According to Taliban, Mawlawi Haqqani Read the full article...

The Afghan national security forces have intensified air and ground operations against the fanatics loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province as the loyalists of the terror group are attempting to expand foothold in the country. The Afghan National Army (ANA) Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Read the full article...