Новости за 29.05.2016

The authorities in Pakistan have said DNA report have confirmed that the man killed in a US drone strike was the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. According to the local media reports, citing the local authorities, a DNA report said it was definite that the man killed in the US strike on May 21 Read the full article...

The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has offered best wishes to the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who will undergo an open-heart surgery. “I would like to send my best wishes to PM Nawaz Sharif and his family. Hope the surgery goes alright. We pray for his speedy recuperation,” President Ghani said in a Twitter Read the full article...

Over 700 refugees may have drowned in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few days, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. A spokesperson for UNHCR Carlotta Sami has told The Associated Press that an estimated 100 people were missing from a smugglers’ boat that capsized on Wednesday. Read the full article...

The Afghan police forces have suffered casualties in a coordinated attack by the Taliban militants in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the attack by the Taliban militants sparked heavy clashes in Nad-e-Ali and Nahr-e-Saraj districts. A security official speaking on the condition of anonymity confirmed that eleven policemen lost Read the full article...

At least 20 militants were killed and 55 others were wounded during the clearance operations conducted by the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF) in north of Afgahnistan. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan National Army said the operations were conducted in the past 24 hours in northern Sar-e-Pul and Baghlan provinces. A Read the full article...

Auhor: Asad Ziar Kabul, Afghanistan: Today, Sunday 29th of May, 2016  Afghanistan Rugby Federation (ARF) finally managed to inaugurate a rugby club inside the campus of Kabul University with the help of  university students and the sports committee of the university. Kabul University is the oldest and largest institution of tertiary education in Afghanistan. Throughout Read the full article...

Two senior officials in Kabul Municipality have reportedly been arrested over corruption charges by the Afghan police forces. According to reports, the two senior officials, Eng Mohammad Akrami and Ahmad Kamal Qasimyar, were arrested by the Major Crimes Task Force of the Ministry of Interior. A spokesman for the Kabul Municipality has confirmed the arrest Read the full article...

A commander of the loyalists of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has been killed along with his 5 militants in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province. According to the local government officials, the airstrike was carried out in Haska Mina district, apparently by the US forces as an unmanned aerial vehicle Read the full article...

At least eleven civilians including children were wounded in an explosion in Pul-e-Alam city, the provincial capital of central Logar province. According to the local government officials, the incident took place on Saturday evening in a populated area of the city. Provincial governor’s spokesman Salim Saleh confirmed that three children and a woman were among Read the full article...

The Afghan Attorney General Farid Hamidi promised that a serious and speedy campaign against corruption will be launched in the near future. Hamidi was speaking during a press conference in Kabul where he promised that the government will accelerate fight against graft in the country. He said Afghanistan will witness an anti-corruption machine launch to Read the full article...

At least ten Taliban commanders were killed in an airstrike in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Sunday. The airstrike was carried out in Baghlan-e-Markazi district where the Taliban insurgents are actively operating. According to MoD, the airstrike targeted a gathering of the Taliban insurgents in the vicinity of the Read the full article...

At least 53 Afghan migrants detained in Bulgaria will be returned to Greece by the Authorities who are saying the move will be taken in a bid to send a strong message” to others who might be tempted to use the same route to western Europe. According to reports, the authorities in Bulgaria fear the Read the full article...

At least 9 Taliban militants including the group’s two top leaders were killed during separate clashes with the Afghan security forces in southern Uruzgan province. The 205th Atal Corps of the Afghan National Army said the group’s shadow governor Mawlavi Jan Agha and military commission chief Asadullah were among those killed. At least 5 militants Read the full article...