Новости за 27.10.2016

Pakistan aims to access the Central Asian markets as Islamabad mulls to start work on the construction of Peshawar-Kabul motorway, it has been reported. According to the local media reports, Islamabad has given a go-ahead to the National Highway Authority (NHA) to begin the process of hiring consultants who will carry out a feasibility study Read the full article...

A prominent Afghan artist and influential social media activist has become the first celebrity from Afghanistan to get a verified Instagram account. The verification of Rabbani’s account on Instagram, one f the most powerful social media platforms, comes as another milestone for Rabbani’s personal branding as the music producer also received the blue tick from Read the full article...

The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal has promised that National Geographic’s famed ‘Afghan girl’, Sharbat Gula, will be released from the Pakistani jail soon. Zakhilwal said the Embassy of Afghanistan has not been informed regarding the arrest of Gula and her family so far. He said the Embassy of Afghanistan has ascertained the Read the full article...

The Afghan intelligence operatives rescued a hostage in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan as the captors demanded AFN 6 million in ransom for his release. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the hostage was identified as Rafiullah son of Faqir Mohammad who was abducted two kidnappers from the vicinity of Balkh province. NDS further Read the full article...

The US officials have expressed concerns regarding the attempts by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant also known as the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) terrorist group to expand foothold in Afghanistan. The State Department spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday “It is no secret that we have been long concerned about Read the full article...

At least 34 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed during the counter-terrorism operations of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Thursday that the militants were killed during the Shaheen-20 military operations being conducted by the Afghan forces. MoD further Read the full article...

A Pakistani senator has claimed the country fixed the 2009 Afghan Presidential Elections in the favour of the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Senator Mushahid Hussain made the revelation during an interview with a locla newspaper. Pointing towards Pakistan’s role in shaping the polling results, Senator Hussain explicitly told The Express that “the election, we Read the full article...

US drone strikes has reportedly targeted two of Al-Qaeda terrorist network’s top leaders in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. The officials in Pentagon have said the two top Al-Qaeda leaders have likely been killed in the airstrike but the US military in Afghanistan is still assessing the results of the weekend airstrikes. According to reports, Read the full article...