Новости за 17.04.2016

The former provincial governor for western Herat province and jihadi leader Mohammad Ismail Khan has urged the people not to use the photographs of the late President Dr. Najibullah in their cars. Dr. Najibullah is widely regarded as a patriot late leader who was murdered by the Taliban militants following the fall of Kabul city Read the full article...

The National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar left for China to meet with the country’s officials to discuss bilateral strategic ties as well as Beijing’s support to Afghan security forces, peace process, and relations with Pakistan. The Office of the National Security Adviser in a statement said Atmar will meet with Wang Yi, Minister of Read the full article...

At least 6 militants were killed and 3 others were wounded in an airstrike carried out by the Afghan Air Force in western Farah province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the airstrike was carried out in Posht-e-Rod district of Farah. MoD further added that another operation is being conducted in Bala Murghab Read the full article...

At least 77 people were reported killed and over 500 others were wounded after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Ecuador. According to the country’s Vice President Jorge Glas, the earthquake hit near the northern town of Muisne around 6:58 pm local time on Saturday. The quake which is considered as the largest since 1979 has Read the full article...

Over 90 anti-government armed militants were killed and 48 others were wounded during the clearance operations of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Ghazni, Maidan Wardak, Khost, Kandahar, Zabul, Badghis, Farah, Jawzjan, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Baghlan, Kunduz and Helmand Read the full article...

A group of Afghan National Army (ANA) cadets have reportedly graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy, marking the first batch of the Afghan army cadets to graduate from the military academy of the country. The cadets were graduated from the military academy in Kakul in Abottbad on Saturday after going through almost 14 months of Read the full article...

A horrific report has emerged from Iran regarding the brutal murder of a 6-year-old Afghan girl who was initially raped by a teenage Iranian. The brutal murder of the girl, Setayish Quraishi, has sparked anger both in Afghanistan and outside, with the local media reports in Iran saying the perpetrator was a 17-year-old Iranian national. Read the full article...

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has confirmed that an Afghan army helicopter was hit by 82mm rocket fire anti-government armed militant groups. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, said the helicopter was making emergency landing in Nari area of Kunar when it was hit by the rocket. He said two pilots of the Read the full article...

At least 600 civilians were killed and 1,343 others were wounded in the first quarter of 2016, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said. Calling on all parties to the conflict to take precautions to protect civilians during the operations, the UN mission, said release of the first quarter civilian casualty data for 2016 Read the full article...

By: Ahmad Masoud The results of a field study, recently conducted in the towns of Khorog and Ishkoshim in Tajikistan and Shegnan and Ishkashim in Afghanistan, indicated that a number of value chains offer potential for short-term scalable interventions which could mutually benefit populations on both sides of the border. “These include the processing of livestock Read the full article...