Новости за 25.02.2016

The Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra reaffirmed his country’s commitment to equip and support the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). During a meeting with Hanif Atmar, the National Security Adviser, Mr. Vohra also promised India’s support towards the Afghan government’s policies for peace talks with the anti-government armed militant groups, being a member of Read the full article...

The 5-year-old kid from Afghanistan, Murtaza Ahmadi, has received signed shirts from football star Lionel Messi, almost a month after charming the internet with a shirt prepared from plastic. According to UNICEF in Afghanistan, the football star helped make the dream of the kid come true. The picture of Murtaza went viral last month shortly Read the full article...

The Afghan intelligence operatives have arrested two suspects in connection to a deadly attack in bakery shop in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the two suspects were arrested during a special military operation from Yahya Khel district. NDS in a statement said the two suspects have been identified Read the full article...

Up to one thousand Afghan migrants have applied for voluntary return to Afghanistan from Germany, it has been reported. The Embassy of Afghanistan in Berlin, the number of Afghan migrants seeking voluntary repatriation has increased recently, according to local media reports. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials have said the migrants are seeking voluntary Read the full article...

At least 50 anti-government armed militants were killed in joint military operations by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in various parts of the country in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said at least 46 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were among those killed. Read the full article...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif says the four-nation Quadrilateral Coordination Group – comprised of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China – is making progress to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan. “The QCG has been making good progress in right direction,” Nawaz said while talking to Afghan Wolesi Jirga’s Speaker Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi, who Read the full article...

Seven Taliban militants have been killed in the explosion of their own bomb in central Ghazni province. According the spokesperson of the provincial police headquarters, there was a training session in Hazrat Sahib Madrasa (religious seminary) in Mastofi village of Andar District on Wednesday night. Ahmad Fahim Amiree told Shamshad TV that a Taliban commander Read the full article...

Russia is urging the Taliban to start direct talks with the central government in Afghanistan and hopes that such negotiations will begin soon, according to Reuters, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Wednesday. “We are urging the Taliban to do this and we hope that they (talks) will start as Read the full article...

Around 700 anti-government armed militants have reportedly abandoned Qosh Tapa district with the arrival of Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum. Gen. Dostum is accompanied by nearly 10,000 members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and is currently in Jawzjan to clear the areas under the Taliban control. Speaking to local residents, Gen. Dostum Read the full article...

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been released from a prison in the western Indian city of Pune after serving a 42-month prison-term. Dutt, 56, was sentenced to undergo five years rigorous imprisonment for illegal possession of arms during the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts which killed 257 people and injured 713. Arrested in 1993, Dutt Read the full article...

Two de-miners have sustained injuries in a Taliban attack in southern Zabul province. The de-miners had gone to the provincial capital Qalat from Shinkay District for buying food and on their way back they came under assault in Katali Manda area on Wednesday evening. One of the victims told reporters in the hospital that Taliban Read the full article...

The Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar officials have said they will consider an invitation to the proposed peace talks likely to take place in the first week of March. A senior leader of the party based in Pakistan has said they have not received any formal invitation for the direct talks so far, a Read the full article...