Новости за 18.02.2016

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has suspended its operation in central Ghazni province. ICRC says the decision was taken following the abduction of its local staffers by unidentified gunmen in this province. Ahmad Ramin Ayaz, ICRC spokesperson has told BBC that the five staff members were kidnapped while they were traveling between two districts. Due Read the full article...

Google has announced the addition of 13 more languages to its online translation services including Pashto, one of the two formal languages of Afghanistan which is also spoken by a large portion of population in Pakistan. The company now provides online translation services in 103 languages free of charge. By the company’s estimate, the service Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has busted a bomb making factory in central Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The agency writes in a statement released on Thursday that a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED), motorcycle-bomb and seven keg-bombs ‘Oil kegs filled with explosives’ and eight missiles. According to the press release, Read the full article...

Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has survived a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan. Asadullah Zamir was on his way from Kandahar to Helmand when a bomb went off on his convoy this afternoon. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock says the blast did not have casualties but it damaged a vehicle. Zamir has been Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has prevented a suicide bombing in the capital of eastern Laghman province. A statement released by NDS on Thursday states that Atta Mohammad S/O Agha Mohammad planned to explode his suicide vest in a busy part of Mehtarlam city but luckily he was arrested with Read the full article...

A drone strike has killed six Taliban militants in Gomal District of Paktika province, an official said on Thursday. Spokesperson for the governor of Paktika province told Khaama Press that militants killed in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) attack in Raghi area on Wednesday morning were fighting under the command of Asmatullah, the shadow governor Read the full article...

Ireland-based charity The Rosetta Foundation, and the Afghanistan-based Darakht-e -Danesh (DD) Library have partnered to expand the learning materials available in languages spoken in Afghanistan for Afghan schools. The partnership mobilises the Foundation’s community of 11,000 volunteer translators around the world through its Translation Commons (Trommons) platform, and will make materials accessible in Pashto and Dari through the DD Library’s www.darakhtdanesh.org platform in Afghanistan. ”Billions... Читать дальше...

Government forces have pushed back fighters of the Islamic State (IS), the terrorist group which is locally known by its Arabic name Daesh, from several areas in Achin District of eastern Nangarhar province. Three educational institutions, including Deh Sarak High School, have reopened for students in these areas. The schools reopened during a ceremony on Read the full article...

24 terrorists have been killed and 17 others wounded in separate security incidents in northeastern Badakhshan province. Spokesperson for the provincial governor said security operation has been launched in Argu District which is successfully going on. Ahmad Nawid Froutan added that 17 Taliban militants have been killed and 10 others wounded in the operation so Read the full article...