Новости за 03.05.2016

A group of at least 89 female cadets of the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces have started training “Training of Trainers” and “Special Operations Education” in Turkey, it has been reported. The training of the female ANP cadets kicked off on Monday and will continue for a period of at least two months. Turkish Deputy Read the full article...

At least seven Taliban insurgents were killed including a commander of the group during a gun battle with the Afghan police forces in southern Zabul province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said at lest four Taliban militants were also wounded during the clash which took place in Meezan district. “During an armed conflict between Afghan Read the full article...

The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) said at least 33 militants including a Pakistani insurgent were killed in the latest air and ground raids of the Afghan National Security Forces. “In the last 24 hours, as a result of the joint clearance operations of the Afghan security and defense forces aimed to topple down Read the full article...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group loyalists have started eradicating opium and targeting heroin production in Afghanistan, a similar approach the militants of the terror group are using to target the illicit drugs as well as alcohol in Syria and Iraq. According to reports, the loyalists of the terror group have Read the full article...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed an exceptional grant allocation of $858 million for project financing and $20 million for disaster reduction activities in Afghanistan for the period of 2017 to 2020. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said the grant allocation for the four-year period was discussed at the third and concluding meeting of the 11th Read the full article...

The United States has reportedly told Pakistan to fund over $700 million for the purchase of F-16 fighter jets itself, days after the US congress blocked the funds to purchase the jets for Pakistan. US State Department spokesman John Kirby has said the congressional opposition meant funds from the US government’s Foreign Military Financing allocation Read the full article...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on Taliban to renounce violence and join hands with the other countrymen in rebuilding the country if ‘they consider themselves sons of Afghanistan’. In a statement released following a series of deadly attacks across the country since the group announced its spring offensive, Karzai said the war Read the full article...

The Afghan and Indian officials held talks on the inauguration of Salma Dam which has been constructed with the financial support of India, bearing a cost of around $300 million. The discussions were made between the Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra and National Security Adviser of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar. The Office of the Read the full article...

Efforts are underway to remove the name of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar from the blacklist of the United Nations Security Council, the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) officials have said. According to the officials, the high peace council has reached to an agreement on 20 out of 25 proposed conditions of Hezb-e-Islami for joining peace process. Deputy Read the full article...

A multi-million massive power project, Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP), will pass through Salang despite concerns raised by Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish. According to reports, the decision to implement the project through Salang was taken during the last cabinet meeting. A source privy of the development has said the government has decided to transmit another 220kV Read the full article...