Новости за 30.01.2016

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah will arrive in India on Sunday on a 5-day visit to discuss issues of bilateral interest, including security cooperation between the two nations, it has been reported. According to the local media reports, enhanced defense assistance to Afghanistan, including lethal weapons will be part of the security cooperation Read the full article...

The 5-year-old kid from Afghanistan, Murtaza Ahmadi, is getting closer to meet his dream football star Lionel Messi after charming the internet with a shirt prepared from plastic bag. The picture of Murtaza went viral shortly after it was uploaded on Facebook social media website last week, triggering a quest online to find him. “Afghanistan Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested a judge of Taliban militants with 13 of his men in northeastern Takhar province. A statement released by NDS on Saturday states that Mawlawi Najib-ur-Rahman alias Mudasir and Khair Andish was busy in destructive activities and collecting almsgiving in Darqad District. One of Read the full article...

Iran has sent thousands of Shia Afghans to Syria to fight for support of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. According to a report published by the Voice of America (VOA), these Afghans are the illegal immigrants of Iran. The report citing western media shows the number of these fighters between 10,000 to 12,000. It also Read the full article...

After two days of closure because of heavy snowfall, Salang Highway opened for traffic last night. Officials said snowfall had closed the highway on several locations but after the hectic efforts of the maintenance department, it reopened for traffic on Friday night. General Mohammad Rajab, head of the maintenance department of Salang said public is Read the full article...

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in its new report to the United States Congress has written that Afghanistan proved even more dangerous than it was a year ago. The report further states that a year after the Coalition handed responsibility for Afghan security to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), American Read the full article...

Unknown gunmen have shot dead a local journalist in eastern Nangarhar province. Haji Mohammad Zubair Khaksar who was working for government-run Nangarhar Radio and Television network came under the attack while driving in his vehicle in Kharkarano Kala area of Surkh Road District last night. Besides being a journalist he was also serving as the Read the full article...