Новости за 21.02.2016

Scores of Afghan refugees have been stranded along the Macedonia and Greece border after Macedonia closed its southern border with Greece to Afghan migrants on Sunday, it has been reported. According to the reports, the Macedonian authorities are only allowing the Iraqi and Syrian migrants to cross the border. Macedonian police spokeswoman Natalija Spirova Kordikj Read the full article...

An Afghan photo journalist has drowned off Turkish coast along with his family members as they tried to reach Europe, putting the number of journalists to 9 died since the start of the year. An organization supporting open media in Afghanistan, NAI, reported that the photo journalist, Feroz Muzafari’s boat capsized as he was on Read the full article...

The National Procurement Commission (NPC) on Saturday approved 25 contracts worth of 636 million Afghanis. NPC meeting chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani reviewed 36 contracts of 11 ministries and government entities but the remaining were either rejected or recommended for technical rectification. The commission saved AFG290 million in 21 contracts on maintenance of facilities Read the full article...

At least 46 people have been killed and over 100 others wounded in two car bombs in Syrian city of Homs. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) which monitors the conflict through a network of contacts on the ground said most of those killed appeared to be civilians, adding that the death toll Read the full article...

A relatively powerful earthquake jolted capital Kabul and the surrounding areas of the city this afternoon. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude 5.5 earthquake in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. According to USGS the earthquake started 43km South of Jurm district with the location recorded 36.475°N 70.860°E having a depth of 176.7 Read the full article...

An influential political and religious figure Pir Syed Ahmad Gilani has been appointed as the new Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council. The former Afghan Vice President Karim Khalili has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of the High Peace Council along with Mawlavi Ata-ur-Rehman, Mawlavi Khaibar and Habiba Surabi. The new appointments comes Read the full article...

The shadow governor of Taliban for Chahardara District of northern Kundoz province has been arrested by security forces. Ministry of Interior says Mohammad Sayed Raza was arrested during a raid of the special units of police in Mahmood Raqi city of Kapisa late on Saturday. “During a special operation of Afghan National Police (Special Units), Read the full article...

At least sixteen insurgents including foreign nationals fighting with the anti-government armed militants were killed in separate military operations led by the Afghan army in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the operations were conducted in Jawzjan, Baghlan and northern Kunduz provinces of the country. A statement by MoD said a Read the full article...

Two Taliban militants have been killed in a bomb blast in the provincial capital of Paktika province. Spokesperson for the provincial governor said the incident took place in Sali area late on Saturday. Nabiullah Peerkhil said the militants were busy planting a landmine on on the road that exploded killing both of them killed on the Read the full article...

By Huma Naseri International Mother Language Day is an annual celebration of multilingualism and cultural diversity. February 21, 2016 will mark the 16th anniversary of International Mother Language Day.  This day was officially recognized for the first time by UNESCO – the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1999 and since 2000 February Read the full article...

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and Ministry of Education has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch ‘School Cricket’ project all over Afghanistan making cricket game a part of the school curriculum. The project will go Implemented at the start of 2017. First of its kind initiative, the idea has to generate spaces for Read the full article...

The Afghan intelligence operatives thwarted a deadly attack plot by the Haqqani terrorist network in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan by seizing two trucks loaded with 12,500 kgs of explosives. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the explosives were loaded on two trucks and were confiscated by the intelligence operatives before they manage to Read the full article...

70 tons of expired medicines and food items were set on fire in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday. Doctor Najibullah Kamawal, Public Health Director of Nangarhar told reporters that these items were collected by a commission from different drug stores and shops in Jalalabad city. He said the commission had gathered the 50 tons of Read the full article...

A U.S. Air Force drone has crashed in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan without causing any injuries, it has been reported. The MQ-9 reaper drone has reportedly crashed at a base in Kandahar Airfield late on Saturday with the U.S. military officials saying ‘hostile fire was not a factor.” The officials have further added that Read the full article...

For all the conflicts in the world in which Washington is at odds with Moscow, the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan has been one area where the Obama administration’s interests and Russia’s concerns coincide, The New York Times reports. Disputes over the wars in Ukraine and Syria had not stopped the governments from cooperating on counter-narcotics and securing Read the full article...