Новости за 20.02.2017

The Afghan government has handed over a comprehensive list consisting of 32 sanctuaries being used by the Haqqani terrorist network in Pakistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) said the list was handed over to Islamabad by the officials of the Afghan Embassy. According to a statement by MoFA, the list also includes Read the full article...

A Taliban leader was among six militants killed after a rocket exploded before the militants manage to attack Lashkargah city in southern Helmand province. According to the local government officials, the incident took place on Sunday afternoon as the militants were preparing for the attack. The officials further added that the Taliban leader killed in Read the full article...

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa has said Pakistan and Afghanistan will jointly continue to fight terrorism. The latest statement by Gen. Bajwa followed days after the relations deteriorated between the two nations, accusing each other of remaining reckless to act against the terrorist hideouts on the two sides of Durand Line. Read the full article...

The US Secretary of Defense General John Nicholson has said that the next steps in war will be reviewed after discussions with the Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and commander of the US forces and NATO’s Resolute Support commander General John Nicholson. Mattis was speaking with the reporters after scraping a visit to Afghanistan due Read the full article...

At least ten people belonging to a single family were killed by unknown gunmen in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the incident took place late on Sunday night in Badpakh district. Provincial governor’s spokesman Sarhadi Zwak confirmed the incident and said unknown gunmen hurled hand grenades on a residential Read the full article...

A shooting incident took place in the vicinity of Kabul city earlier today, leaving at least two people dead or wounded. According to the security officials, the incident took place in the early hours of Monday morning, involving policemen who opened fire on a vehicle. Kabul police chief Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi confirmed the incident Read the full article...

A former senior official of the ministry of interior was jailed for 12 years after he was found guilty of involvement in corruption. Abdul Waseh Raufi, the former assist to of policy and strategy department and head of the procurement department was jailed by the Appellate Court. According to the court hearing, Raufi was found Read the full article...

A key Taliban leader was arrested shortly after returning from Pakistan to conduct insurgency activities in the country. The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said the detained Taliban leader has been identified as Mullah Najeeb and was in command of a group of at least 30 insurgents. According to a statement by NDS, Read the full article...

Two prominent Afghan cricket athletes, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan, have been selected to play in the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The two Afghan athletes were selected by Hynderabad Sun Risers to play in the upcoming league. The former Afghan skipper Nabi was sold for 3,000,000 Indian Rupees while Rashid Khan Read the full article...

Additional forces have been deployed to eastern Nangarhar province following heavy artillery shelling from the other side of Durand Line. The provincial officials in Nangarhar said the forces were deployed to Goshta and Lalpur districts in a bid to prevent the shelling. Provincial governor Gulab Mangal said the additional ground forces and artillery units were Read the full article...

A new agreement was signed between the Afghan government and the European to further strengthen partnership between the two sides. The agreement also paves the way for the bilateral cooperation on development, the Office of the President, ARG Palace said. Afghanistan’s Minister of Finance Eklil Hakimi and Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Read the full article...