Новости за 29.02.2016

Amid efforts to expand the capabilities of the Afghan Air Force (AAF), the Afghan officials have urged China to step in to support the equipment process of the Afghan air power. During a meeting with Fang Fenghui, chief of China’s People’s Liberation Army, the National Security Adviser, Hanif Atmar, requested Beijing’s support to Afghan National Read the full article...

The construction work of Kandahar cricket stadium was inaugurated today with the financial support of government of India. The Government of India under its aid to ‪Afghanistan‬ is funding USD 1 Million for the construction of this Cricket Stadium. The Embassy of India in Kabul said the stadium will provide an immense opportunity for the Read the full article...

The Afghan intelligence operatives thwarted a coordinated suicide car bombing plot in the provincial capital of southern Kandahar province. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said four groups of militants comprised of 26 insurgents were detained by the intelligence operatives in connection to the attack plot. A statement by NDS said the groups were looking Read the full article...

An Uzbek woman who was carrying a severed child’s head near a Moscow metro station has been detained by police, the Sputnik reports. The woman was working as a baby sitter, a source told RIA Novosti. She was holding a severed baby’s head, the police confirmed. Experts assume the suspect might have been under the influence of drugs. She Read the full article...

A new book authored by the wife a former operative of Pakistan’s spy agency has once again made the claim that Nawaz Sharif received money from al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. The book, Khalid Khawaja: Shaheed-i-Aman, is authored by Shamama Khalid, the wife of former ISI operative Khalid Khawaja. “Chief of PML-N Mian Mohammad Nawaz Read the full article...

The former senior deputy interior minister for security Gen. Ayub Salangi slammed Pakistan’s military intelligence – Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) for supporting the anti-government armed militant groups in Afghanistan. Gen. Salangi was speaking during his farewell ceremony in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) compound, a day after President Ghani nominated General Abdul Rahman Rahman to Read the full article...

A man stabbed ten children outside a school before killing himself in the southern island province of Hainan, China, on Monday. State media reports that the victims include six boys and four girls who were attacked outside the elementary school in the city of Haikou. China Central Television (CCTV) reported on its microblog the children Read the full article...

At least 57 anti-government armed militants were killed during counter-terrorism operations led by Afghan National Army (ANA) forces in the latest crackdown on militant groups, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. The operations were conducted in the past 24 hours in Faryab and Baghlan provinces where the militants are actively operating in a number of Read the full article...

At least seven militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the airstrike was carried out by the coalition forces in Achin district, using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Read the full article...

At least 70 people have been killed and over 100 others wounded in two bomb blasts in a Shi’ite district of Baghdad on Sunday. According to reports, a bomb exploded in a market area in Sadr city and as people congregated to witness the devastation a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle struck again amid the Read the full article...

A child was killed after a rocket hit a residential house in the restive Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said Monday. Provincial security chief Syed Maqsood Pacha said the victim was a 11-year-old girl and at least eleven others including women and children were wounded. He said the incident took place late on Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence has released three hostages in central Logar province while four others are still in the custody of the kidnappers. Mohammad Halim Fidayee, governor of Logar told a press conference on Sunday that militants kidnapped seven drivers of a de-mining company with their vehicles and other belongings Read the full article...

A heavy explosion rocked Lashkargah city, the provincial capital of southern Helmand province of Afghanistan late on Sunday, local officials said. The officials further added that the incident took place close to a security post with preliminary reports suggesting an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated, targeting the police forces. Provincial governor spokesman Omar Zwak Read the full article...

The production of saffron in Afghanistan is expected to surpass 4,000 kg this year with the officials expressing optimisms that the production boost could help the Afghan farmers replace the illicit opium cultivation. According to Government Media and Information Center (GMIC) the latest prediction comes in line with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s commitment to support Read the full article...

Abdul Jabar Qahraman a veteran warrior who has been assigned as the commander of operation in southern Helmand province by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says fighting is not the solution. According to a report by The New York Times, when mujahedeen guerrillas captured this southern provincial capital in 1993, Gen. Abdul Jabar Qahraman was the Read the full article...

Four civilians have sustained injuries in a bomb blast in northern part of Kabul city. The bomb was planted close to an electricity pylon in Chehel Satoon area, 7th sector of the city, which exploded around 8 am this morning. Eyewitnesses said the blast left two children and two men slightly wounded. Soon after the Read the full article...

At least 600 Afghan nationals have reportedly been arrested by Pakistani police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan amid concerns that the refugees in the country are being hassled due to expired registration cards. According to the local media reports, citing police authorities in Nowshera, the Afghan nationals were arrested for illegally staying in the Read the full article...