Новости за 12.10.2016

The authorities in Pakistan have claimed at least three senior Afghan Taliban leaders have been arrested for refusing peace talks with the Afghan government, it has been reported. According to local media reports, the three detained Taliban leaders were among the group’s high ranking members, apparently working for the Taliban group leadership council. One of Read the full article...

The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group claimed responsibility behind a deadly attack on a shrine in Kabul city that left at least 18 people dead. The loyalists of the terror group released a formal statement through the Amaq news agency which is frequently used by the main group Read the full article...

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) ended Taliban’s siege of Qarghan Hill in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan on Wednesday. According to the local security officials, at least 200 soldiers trapped in the Hill were also freed following days of heavy clashes. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Sediq Sediqi said the Afghan Read the full article...

An explosion targeted the Ashura mourners in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan this afternoon leaving at least 14 people dead and scores of others wounded. Preliminary reports suggest the incident took place after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives among the Ashura mourners. No group has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident. However, provincial Read the full article...

The death toll in Kabul shrine attack has climbed to at least 18 as the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned the killing of civilians in the attack. “The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns last night’s attack at the Karte Shakhi mosque and shrine in Kabul that killed at least 18 civilians Read the full article...

The National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar has called on the religious scholars of the Sunni and Shia Muslims to recognize the enemies of the unity of the Afghan nation as a deadly attack ripped throug a gathering in a shrine in capital Kabul. Condemning the attack in strongest words, Atmar said “We request Sunni Read the full article...

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) cleared the strategic Kunduz city from the presence of the Taliban militants after nine days of intense gun battle, local officials said Wednesday. Provincial police chief Mohammad Masoom Hashemi said the clearance operations fully concluded late on Tuesday night and operations are currently being conducted in the Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum as part of his visit to the institutions to assess the government institutions work. He listened to the report provided by deputy minister of mines and petroleum Ghezal Habibyar and said the performance of the ministry is not satisfactory despite it was given a Read the full article...

A new harrowing report has emerged from the eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan unveiling the distressing condition of the Afghan women who are sentenced to jail. An 18-year-old woman in Paktika province was forced to serve in a tribal elder’s home after she was sentenced to jail on charges of elopement and adultery. The woman, Read the full article...

The militants have conducted another attack in Kabul city on Tuesday night after the first coordinated attack left at least 14 dead in a shrine in west of Kabul. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman, Sediq Sediqi, in a Twitter message, said the second attack was conducted on Charyar mosque located in Karte Char area Read the full article...