Новости за 11.09.2016

The provincial police chief of Nangarhar province General Zarawar Zahid was killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion. Gen. Zahir was killed in the blast in Hesarak district later this afternoon. Provincial governor’s spokesman Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the incident took place earlier this evening after the IED planted near a check post was detonated. Read the full article...

A famous Afghan singer Arash Barez has reportedly been arrested in connection to a clash in Kabul city that left a policeman dead. Kabul police chief General Abdul Rahman Rahimi told reporters in Kabul that the singer was arrested due to misrepresentation of information to police that led to the death of a policeman. He Read the full article...

The Afghan police forces confiscated 12,345 kg of explosives material exported from Pakistan as the militant groups were looking to use the materials for a series of attacks in capital Kabul. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the explosives material, Ammonium Nitrate, were seized by police forces soon after the truck carrying the materials entered Read the full article...

The Pakistani authorities have said the trade route to India for the Afghan traders has not been closed, days after President Ghani warned Pakistan to close the route to Central Asia if Afghan traders are stopped to use Wagah border. “Pakistan is fulfilling its commitment to the Afghan people by providing them a trade transit Read the full article...

Certain youths observing Martyrs’ Week attempted to disrupt the order of the city, the Kabul police officials said Sunday. Kabul Police General Abdul Rahman Rahimi told reporters that the youths were used as an instrument by some circles willing to create chaos in the city and attempted to get involved in disrupting activities. He did Read the full article...

At least 4 militants were killed in a drone strike conducted by the US forces in western Farah province of Afghanistan, local officials said Sunday. Provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Asif Nang said the drone strike was conducted late on Saturday night in Khak-e-Safid district targeting the militants in the vicinity of Qarya-e-Surkh area. He said Read the full article...

A former top Taliban leader has said the group is under pressure to revive peace talks with the Afghan government months after the group rejected calls by the Afghan government to participate in direct peace talks. Agha Jan Motasim has told the New York Times that the main motives behind growing demand to revive peace Read the full article...