Новости за 23.06.2016

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has sacked top officials from the Hamid Karzai International Airport over negligence in duty, the Office of the President said Thursday. According to a statement by the ARG Palace, the director of the airport and commander of the border police were among the top officials dismissed by President Ghani. The statement Read the full article...

A relatively powerful earthquake jolted capital Kabul and the surrounding areas of the city later this afternoon. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude 5.4 earthquake in Northwest of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. According to USGS the earthquake started 45km Northwest of Alaqahdariye Kiran wa Munjan district with the location recorded 36.434°N 70.670°E Read the full article...

A Pakistani senator has criticized the Taliban policy adopted by Islamabad and warned that the dichotomy in the state’s policy towards militants has brought Afghanistan and Pakistan close to a dangerous collision. “Pakistan refuses to acknowledge that the Taliban ideology on both sides of the Durand Line is to destroy modern state structures,” Pakistan Peoples Read the full article...

The United States has awarded a contract awarded a contract worth $1,700,000,000 for the procurement of radios for Afghanistan. The contract has been recently awarded to the New York-based Harris Corp., the United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced Wednesday. “Harris Corp., Rochester, New York, was awarded a $1,700,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multi-year foreign military sales Read the full article...

A Taliban commander was killed along with his six fighters in an explosion in central Logar province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the incident took place late on Wednesday night in the central capital of Logar province. According to a statement by MoI, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off prematurely while Read the full article...

At least four Taliban insurgents were blown up by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) manufuctured by themselves to target the security personnel. According to the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces, the incident took place in the vicinity of Alingar district. The source further added that two Taliban militants were killed Read the full article...

A drone strike killed at least four militants fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan. According to the local officials in eastern Nangarhar province, the militants were targeted in Kot district. Provincial governor’s spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said the airstrike was carried out in Pir Shah Khel area late Read the full article...

A commander of the Taliban group was killed along with 11 other militants during an airstrike in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the airstrike was carried out in Marjah district by the Afghan Air Force. According to a statement by MoD, a weapons and explosives cache belonging to the Read the full article...

The Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to United Nations Mahmoud Saikal updated the UN Security Council regarding the terrorist’s safe havens in Pakistan. “The fact that terrorist leaders had been found and killed in safe havens in Pakistan was proof that it had violated the sovereignty of other nations,” Saikal said. He called for urgent implementation Read the full article...

An explosion took place in the vicinity of Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan area late last night but did not incur any casualties, security officials said. The blast took place near Wazir Akbar hill after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated and an investigation is underway regarding the incident. The target of the explosion has Read the full article...

India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has reaffirmed India’s continued support to Afghanistan, saying the county will stand will stand like a rock with Afghanistan. Swaraj was speaking during an event organized by Water Resources Ministry to felicitate its personnel and workers who successfully completed the construction of India-Afghan Friendship Dam in Herat. “We want Read the full article...