Новости за 28.02.2016

A group of nine doctors in Bangladesh performed a three-and-a-half hours surgery to help a man with bark-like growths on his hands and feet to return into a normal life. The 26-year-old man, Abdul Bajander, is hopeful of the surgery which was performed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Dubbed as the ‘Tree man’ due to Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has issued orders for the formation of a committee for the construction of a mausoleum for Afghanistan’s first President Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan. During a meeting with the tribal elders of southern Kandahar province, President Ghani pledged personal financial contribution for the construction of the mausoleum, saying he will pay $20,000 Read the full article...

The Taliban militants have suffered heavy casualties in a series of air and ground operations in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, local officials said Sunday. Provincial police chief Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh said clashes are underway in Dasht-e-Archi district as the Afghan forces are busy in clearance operations against the anti-government armed militants. He said at Read the full article...

A distressing video has emerged from the northwestern Badghis province of Afghanistan which purportedly shows horrific torture of a tribal elder by the Taliban militants before he is executed. Local police officials have confirmed that the tribal elder Haji Allah Dad was recently captured by the Taliban militants after he visited the Taliban-controlled area. Provincial Read the full article...

Five Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a clash and bomb blast near North Waziristan near Afghan border. According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Pakistani army’s media wing, four soldiers including an officer were killed in a clash with armed men in Shawal area of North Waziristan on Saturday. “Today ground forces surrounded a Read the full article...

The Afghan intelligence operatives foiled a suicide attack plot by the anti-government armed militants in capital Kabul by arresting a teenage boy assigned for the attack. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the 14-year-old would-be suicide bomber was arrested by the intelligence operatives from capital Kabul. No further details were given regarding the exact Read the full article...

The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have discovered a huge cache of Taliban weapons from the central Bamyan province of Afghanistan, local officials said Sunday. The cache included various types of explosives and weapons, including the ones left from the Soviet era and the newly-supplied Iran-made weapons and explosives. Provincial governor Mohammad Zahir Zahir told Read the full article...

A policeman was killed and another 30 were detained during a joint operation between Afghan troops and U.S. forces last week against police suspected of supporting Taliban insurgents in embattled Helmand province, officials told Reuters on Sunday. Reports of fighting between police and soldiers add to the upheaval in the southern province, long a stronghold Read the full article...

The Afghan National Police (ANP) forces thwarted a plot by the anti-government armed militants to carry out a deadly explosion in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan. Provincial police chief Gen. Ewaz Mohammad Nazeri said the militants were looking to detonate a motorycle packed with explosives in Baghlan-e-Markazi district. He said the motorcycle was confiscuated and Read the full article...

It is always shocking when someone loses a beloved one. But it is not less than doomsday for a family when its bread-winners who were sent to bring food for hungry children return in coffins. The poor Afghan family lives in Marawara district of eastern Kunar province that lost its bread-winners in yesterday’s suicide attack. Read the full article...

The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan will have further capabilities expansion with the deployment of two fixed-wing and two rotary-wing close-air support combat aircraft. According to the Afghan defense officials, the aircraft have been handed over to the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces. The Read the full article...

A horrific incident in India has sent shockwaves involving the murder of 14 members of a family by a relative, it has been reported. According to the police authorities, the incident took place outside Mumbai, India’s financial capital city. The officials further added that the man used a butcher’s knife to kill 14 members of Read the full article...

The shadow governor of Taliban militant group for Khwaja Sabz Posh district of northern Faryab province has been killed by army, an official said on Sunday. Sayed Anwar Sadat, the province’s governor said Mullah Noor-ul-Haq was killed along with a number of his companions when army targeted their position with a rocket in Gaday Qala area Read the full article...

A bomb blast has claimed the lives of two policemen in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province. Omar Zwak, spokesperson for the province’s governor said it was a planted Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that detonated on a police vehicle in Bolan area of the city late yesterday. The governor’s spokesperson added that the ford-ranger Read the full article...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reportedly condemned deadly attacks carried out by the Taliban group in eastern Kunar province and capital Kabul which left scores of people dead. According to the local media reports, citing official sources, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi has strongly condemned the deadly attacks in Kunar and Kabul, Read the full article...

During the regime of Taliban, Islamabad tried to make the over 2,000-kilometre Durand Line a permanent border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, a former diplomat of Taliban reveals. Mullah Abdul Salam Zaif who was ambassador of Taliban to Islamabad says the country tried three times to formalize the border but it repeatedly received a negative response. Read the full article...

More loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan are expected to join peace process in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, more militants affiliated with the terror group are expected to follow a group of the insurgents who renounced violence last week. According Read the full article...

The Taliban militants have suffered heavy casualties in ongoing military operations by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in western Farah province of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the operations are being conducted in various districts where anti-government armed militants are having presence and conduct insurgency activities. An Afghan army official said at Read the full article...

The Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) has given a task to Pakistan to bring 10 influential Taliban figures for the upcoming direct peace talks with the Afghan government. An Afghan government official privy of the development has told Radio Free Europe (RFE) that the 10 influential Taliban figures have been identified by the Afghan government. The Read the full article...

A senior U.N. official has urged Pakistan to resolve the status of more than 2.5 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan whose registration cards have expired or who remain unregistered, Reuters reports. While Europe has grappled with the exodus of people from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, Pakistan hosts the world’s largest long-term refugee population, according Read the full article...