Новости за 29.01.2017

The Afghanistan A cricket team defeated Zimbabwe A by 55 runs on Sunday during the second unonfficial One Day International (ODI) match. The Afghan A team leads the series 2-0 in a 5-match unofficial bilateral series and following their victory in the opening match on Friday. Afghanistan A team scored 208 runs from 47.3 overs Read the full article...

The Afghanistan national football team captain Faysal Shayesteh has formally joined Iran’s Paykan Football Club (Paykan F.C.). According to a press release by Paykan F.C., Shayesteh visited the club today and reached to an agreement following a brief negotiation with the officials of the club. According to Paykan F.C., Shayesteh will remain with the club Read the full article...

A group of at least 11 Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator students have graduated in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan as efforts are underway to boost the capabilities of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). “The 215th Corps in Helmand Province graduated 11 Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator students on January 26,” the NATO-led Resolute Read the full article...

A group of Taliban insurgents suffered casualties in a premature bomb explosion in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the incident took place late on Saturday night in Imam Sahib district. A spokesman for the 20th Pamir Division, Gen. Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, said one militant was killed as he was Read the full article...

At least 49 militants were killed during the counter-terrorism operations in at least 7 provinces, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) claimed Sunday. “The operations were conducted in Helmand, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Farah, Jowzjan, Herat and Faryab provinces, as a result 49 armed militants were killed, six wounded and five others were arrested by Afghan National Defense Read the full article...

An Afghan and two Iraqi immigrants were among first detained in two different US airports following the signing of an executive order by President Donald Trump targeting Muslims and refugees. The two Iraqi immigrants have been identified as Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, Iraqis with ties to U.S. operations overseas. They were both arrested at Read the full article...

One Taliban insurgent was killed and another one was arrested alive in a failed ambush on Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province. The provincial police commandment in a statement said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) were ambushed in Khogyani district. The statement further added that the Afghan army and police forces Read the full article...