Новости за 04.05.2016

At least 16 people were killed in two separate explosions in northwestern Badghis province of Afghanistan, local officials said. The first incident took place on Wednesday morning in Bala Murghab district after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) targeted a group of youths as they were on their way to an opium field for labor work. Read the full article...

The Palestinian Football Association has requested the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) to host its football team for the upcoming matches. According to AFF, citing a formal letter of request by the Palestinian authorities, the Palestine football team is keen to play its upcoming matches in Afghanistan. AFF further added that the Palestinian authorities have specifically Read the full article...

The former Afghan interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali has said the government of national unity led by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah will not collapse. Jalali served as the minister of interior during the former President Hamid Karzai’s administration and is currently in United States, serving as lecturer in a US military Read the full article...

The Afghan intelligence operatives foiled attack plots by the notorious Haqqani terrorist network in Kabul city, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said. According to a statement by NDS, a group of 3 suspects were arrested in connection to the attack plots. The statement further added that the suspects were involved in plotting and coordinating Read the full article...

The Afghan lawmaker Ramazan Bashardost is well known for his hard stance against the government since serving as MP in the Lower House of Parliament, Wolesi Jirga. In his latest approach to protest against the government, Bashardost changed the color of his suit from normal white color to black. Speaking during the general session of Read the full article...

A number of the Afghan lawmakers representing the central provinces have warned the government of national unity leaders would be responsible for the consequences by changing the 500kV project route from Bamyan to Salang. Lawmaker Ghulam Sakhi Naseri said the issue of TUTAP does not relate only to Hazara people but the central provinces are Read the full article...

At least 5 militants were killed and 11 others were killed during a clash with the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces in the central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the gun battle between the militants and Afghan forces erupted during a clearance operation in Chak district. A statement by Read the full article...

Days after a tragic incident in United king involving the suicide of a former Afghan translator who had served with the British forces in Afghanistan, two more translators are facing deportation after receiving warnings from the authorities. According to the local media reports, the two translators who have previously served with the British forces in Read the full article...

The Pakistani authorities have opposed military action against the Afghan Taliban leaders days after President Ghani called on Islamabad to take actions against the group’s leaderships based in Peshawar and Quetta cities. The country’s foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz has said such a policy had not brought results for 14 long years. “Afghanistan has been Read the full article...