Новости за 10.04.2016

The Afghan Senate House Chairman Fazal Hadi Muslimyar reacted towards US Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks regarding the Government of National Unity after he announced the agreement for the formation of the government has no end and will have a duration of five years. Muslimyar said such decisions by foreigners regarding the fate of Read the full article...

At least 25 suspected militants and drug smugglers were reported killed in separate drone strikes in South of Afghanistan, local officials said Sunday. Provincial police spokesman for southern Kandahar province Zia Durani said the airstrikes were carried out by coalition forces two nights ago in Kandahar and Helmand provinces. Durani further added that the suspected Read the full article...

A powerful earthquake jolted capital Kabul this afternoon and some other areas of the country. The tremors were also felt in parts of Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan as well New Delhi the capital of India. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 6.6 magnitude earthquake with epicenter recorded in Ashkasham district Read the full article...

A video purportedly showing parts of an interview with the Afghan MP and Cleric Qazi Nazir Ahmad Hanafi has put him under fire as the video has rapidly gone viral on the internet. The video shows a female foreign reporter asking questions from Qazi Hanafi regarding violence against women. The reporter apparently faces a harsh Read the full article...

At least 26 militants were killed in the latest counter-terrorism operations conducted by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said at least 8 militants were also wounded during the same operations conducted in Khost, Takhar, and Kapisa provinces. A statement by MoD said at least Read the full article...

At least 3 Afghan civilians were killed and 4 others were wounded in indiscriminate firing by the Iranian border guards across the Afghan-Iranian border. According to the local officials in western Herat province of Afghanistan, the victims were residents of Kohsan district of Herat province. The officials further added that the incident took place as Read the full article...

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the duration of the Afghan National Unity Government is five years, ruling out speculations that the agreement ends at the end of two years since its formation. Kerry appeared in a press conference with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday night following his visit to Kabul. Read the full article...

At least 100 people are feared dead after a massive fire swept through a temple in Kerala state of India, it has been reported. The incident took place on Sunday morning in the coastal town of Paravir when a spark from the show ignited a separate pile of fireworks that was being stored at the Puttingal Read the full article...

Khaama Press (KP) news agency has launched Pashto news to respond to demands of its audience and readers and expand its reach to the growing audience and readers of news in the country. Khaama Press was launched in 2010 by a team of motivated young Afghan professionals with an aim to cover the daily affairs Read the full article...

The former Afghan parliament member representing Kabul in the Lower House of Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, launch a major campaign in support of Afghan police in capital Kabul today. The campaign ‘Citizens and Police Complements of Each Other’ is launched by ex-Afghan lawmaker Farkhunda Zahra Naderi with an aim to attract the public support for the Afghan Read the full article...