Новости за 21.08.2016

The Afghan National Army (ANA) forces have lost at least 13 soldiers in the past 24 hours the security situation has rapidly deteriorated across the country. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the soldiers lost their lives during the counter-terrorism operations, mainly in northern and southeastern parts of the country. “The Afghan National Army (ANA) Read the full article...

One of the most senior leaders of the Taliban group has been killed shortly after the group launched a coordinated attack in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local officials, the top Taliaban leader, Naeem Khalid, was killed during the fierce clashes in Hesarak district. Provincial governor’s spokeman Ataullah Khogyani said Khalid was Read the full article...

The Afghan National Army (ANA) deputy chief of staff Gen. Murad Ali Murad arrived in northern Kunduz province a day after the control of the strategic Khanabad district fell to Taliban forces. Gen. Murad said he has started visit to Kunduz province to lead operations in a bid suppress the militants in this province. He Read the full article...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan is still using terrorism as a tool against its immediate neighbors. In his speech at a think tank in New Delhi, Karzai said ‘the war on terror has failed to discourage Pakistan from using terrorism and religious radicalism as tools against its immediate neighbors.’ The former Read the full article...

The death toll from a deadly attack on a wedding party in Turkey has climbed to at least 50 people as another 94 people were wounded. According to the government officials in Gaziantep where the incident took place, an explosion targeted the wedding party at around 11pm local time on Saturday in the Akdere neighborhood Read the full article...

Russia has expressed concerns regarding a truce allegedly reached between the Taliban group and the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan. Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, has said the truce between ISIS terrorist group and the Taliban group is worrying as Read the full article...

A deadly persists among Afghanistan and Pakistan along the Durand Line close to Chaman city, the capital of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The two sides failed to resolve tensions as the gate between the two countries remains closed since Thursday. Gen. Mohammad from Afghanistan participated in talks with the Pakistani side led by Gen. Jahazeeb Read the full article...

An Afghan cleric who was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was close to Afghan Taliban group, it has been reported. Sheikh Ghulam Hazrat was among three religious clerics who have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pakistan during the recent days. His father Sheikh Khwaja Muhammad Hazrat was Read the full article...