Новости за 19.03.2016

The Indian cricket team defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets during their second match in Super 10 Group 2 of the ICC World Twenty20. India won the toss and elected to field first in a rain-affected match that led to reduction of the overs from 20 to 18. The Pakistani players score 118 runs by losing Read the full article...

A plot to carry out coordinated suicide attack during Nowruz celebrations in Kabul has been thwarted by the Afghan intelligence operatives, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said. A statement by NDS said a group of 3 militants affiliated with the Haqqani terrorist network were arrested as they were plotting the attack. The statement further Read the full article...

As the Afghan cricket team is preparing for their second major match in Super 10 of the ICC World Twenty20, the South African batsman Hashim Amla has said his would not take Afghanistan lightly, noting the opening match of the Afghan team against defending champion Sri Lanka. The match between Afghanistan and South Africa has Read the full article...

Four people have been killed and several others wounded in a heavy blast, believed to be suicide bombing, in Beyoglu district of Istanbul. The explosion targeted a busy shopping area where a crowd was busy buying goods. Soon after the blast security forces reached and cordoned off the area. Ambulances were seen arriving at the Read the full article...

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) Chief Sima Samar has warned Pakistan will be hit by problems it causes in Afghanistan. Samar is in India to participate in an international conference on child and youth. “I believe that our neighbour (Pakistan) should realise that problems that it is causing in Afghanistan is not going Read the full article...

At least 19 anti-government armed militants were killed in the latest counter-terrorism operations led by the Afghan army, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. According to an operational update by MoD, the operations were conducted during the past 24 hours in Uruzgan, Helmand, and Ghazni provinces of the country. The operational update further added that Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has appointed Adela Raz as the new Deputy Foreign Minister for economic affairs, the Administrative Office of the President said. Adela Raz was serving as deputy spokesman to the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and her appoint as deputy foreign minister for economic affairs has been widely welcomed. According to the Read the full article...

6,000 security personnel have been assigned to maintain security for Nawroz (New Year) celebration in northern Balkh province which is center of the annual event in Afghanistan. Officials say additional security measures have been taken at highways leading to Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital, and a tight check is ongoing to prevent possible arrival of terrorists, Read the full article...

National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar has hoped that the shrinking economy of the country will have a growth in the coming new Afghan year. In his message on the occasion of Nowruz, the start of the new Afghan year, Atmar said the coming year will be a tough one for the anti-government armed militants. Read the full article...

Two aid workers from Bangladesh were reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen while they were travelling in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, it has been reported. The two aid workers were working with Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and were abducted as they were going from the restive Kunduz to Baghlan province. According to the local media Read the full article...

The Human Rights Watch citing the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) statistics states that Journalism is an increasingly deadly profession in Afghanistan. “The numbers are sobering: there were 191 incidents of violence, threats, intimidation, and insults against journalists from mid-March 2015 to mid-March 2016, compared to 103 incidents in the comparable period in 2014 to 2015,” Read the full article...

The US Air Force has reportedly dropped 251 bombs and missiles targeting mainly the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan during the months of January and February. According to the data compiled by the Air Force and carried in a report by The New York Times, the Read the full article...

Tadamichi Yamamoto of Japan who has served as Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations in Afghanistan since 2014 is going to be appointed as the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative to Afghanistan. After Yamamoto’s gradation, the UN’s Deputy Special Representative in Afghanistan will be Pernille Dahler Kardel of Denmark who has twenty-five years Read the full article...

Two people have been killed and another wounded in a landmine explosion in southern Zabul province. Officials said the bomb was placed on a roadside in Seori Tapi area of the provincial capital Qalat which exploded on a civilian vehicle on Friday afternoon. Colonel Ghulam Jailani Farahi, Deputy Police Chief of Zabul said those killed Read the full article...

A Flydubai plane crashed in Rostov-on-Don city in the south of Russia leaving all 62 passengers and crew on board dead, according to the Russian officials. The flight FZ981 crashed during a landing approach with the Air-traffic control and local emergency services confirming that the incident took place due to poor visibility. A Russian official Read the full article...