Новости за 14.03.2016

After almost six months of intense campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, the Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the withdrawal of the Russian forces from Syria. The order by Putin was reportedly given to the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to start the withdrawal of the forces Read the full article...

The social media has been rife with footage of an alleged brawl between the security guards of a lawmaker and policemen in Kabul city amid reports that a pregnant woman lost her life due to road blockage as a result of the fight. The footage and pictures of a policeman brutally beaten by the security Read the full article...

The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar province Gen. Abdul Raziq has said the United States should force Pakistan to halt support to the anti-government armed militants in Afghanistan in a bid to help secure stability in the country. Insisting on coordinated military operations amid ongoing efforts to revive peace talks, Gen. Raziq said “The Read the full article...

An Iranian national who was freed by the National Directorate of Security (NDS)—Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has been handed over to Iranian authorities on the Afghanistan-Iran border in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Sami, the provincial governor said that the hand over took place on an area in the zero point of Read the full article...

A female police officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, local officials said. A local security official confirmed the incident and said the police officer was working with the provincial passport department. The official speaking on the condition of anonymity further added that the deceased officer has been identified Read the full article...

The militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are forcing their sex slaves to take birth control so they can repeatedly rape them, it has been reported. The distressing move by ISIS fighters followed by a ruling by the terror group which prevents them to rape their slaves after they Read the full article...

Australia is set to forcibly deport an Afghan man after his last-minute plea to the Australian authorities was rejected to grant him asylum. The man whose identity has not been disclosed belongs to the minority Hazara ethnic group and reportedly fled Afghanistan in 2012 amid fears of persecution from the anti-government armed militants. The Australian Read the full article...

India today successfully test-fired its indigenously built nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-I ballistic missile, capable of hitting a target 700 kms away, from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army, The Economic Times reports. The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher Read the full article...

Negotiations are underway between the Afghan, Iranian and Indian officials for the construction of railway from the strategic Chabahar port to the western Herat province of Afghanistan. According to the officials in the Ministry of Public Works of Afghanistan, the government of India is mulling the support the construction of the railway from Chabahar to Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has seized a weapons cache of militants in central Logar province. NDS says the cache belonging to Mawlawi Abdullah was discovered during a special operation in Spais are on Sunday. A statement released by the agency states that the depot contained 4 rockets, artillery round, Read the full article...

Bismillah Afghanzoy has been appointed as new governor for southern Zabul province. He was recommended for the post by the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) and approved by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani through a decree. Hailing from Zabul’s neighboring Kandahar province, Afghanzoy has served as a member of parliament representing Kandahar. He was one Read the full article...

A car bomb blew up near a bus stop in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, leaving at least 34 people killed and 125 wounded. Reuters reports that the blast, which could be heard several kilometers away, sent burning debris showering down over an area a few hundred meters (yards) from the Justice and Interior Read the full article...

A coordinated attack plot by the Taliban militants was thwarted in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) said a group of 7 Taliban militants were arrested in connection to the attack plot. A statement by NDS said the group was nabbed Read the full article...

Office of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is distributing over 5,000 bags of flour to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in eastern Nangarhar province. Each family displaced due to the internal clashes of militant groups including Taliban and Daesh or other violence by these groups would receive 100 kilograms of flour. Sayed Rohullah Pacha, a Read the full article...

At least 12 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in a premature explosion in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said at least 21 militants of the terror group were also wounded in the explosion. A statement by MoD said the militants were Read the full article...