Новости за 15.03.2017

The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Ireland by 30 runs during the first of the One Day International (ODI) series. The Afghan team sealed victory days after the Afghan team clean washed Ireland in a series of Twenty20 International matches. Afghanistan won the toss in today’s match and elected to bat first, setting a target Read the full article...

The Afghan security forces have seized a large cache of weapons, ammunition, explosives, and other types of military equipment from a school in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province. The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said the cache was located inside a school in the 2nd police district of Jalalabad Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has rejected the proposed uniforms for the school girls prepared by the Ministry of Education. Shah Hussain Murtazawi, a spokesman for President Ghani, said the proposed designed has been dismissed as in appropriate and in contrast with the culture of the country. He said President Ghani has rejected the proposed design, Read the full article...

A delegation which has been given the task to investigate the deadly Kabul military hospital attack provided partial updates regarding the investigation. According to the head of the probe team Hialuddin Hilal, investigations confirm fifty people were killed in the attack and at least 30 others were wounded. He said the attack was carried out Read the full article...

At least seventeen militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have been killed in a series of airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial police commandment in a statement said the airstrikes were carried out late on Tuesday night in Achin district. The statement further added at Read the full article...

The Chief of Afghanistan’s Ulema Council Mawlavi Qeyamuddin Kashaf has dismissed the Jihad Fatwa in Afghanistan as incorrect as he condemned the deadly attack on Kabul Military Hospital in strongest words. In his meeting with the Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, Mawlavi Kashaf said Afghanistan is facing a brutal enemy, noting that attack on wounded Read the full article...

A top commander of the Haqqani terrorist network was killed in an airstrike conducted in southeastern Paktika province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said “Yesterday evening, a top commander of the Haqqani terrorist network along with nine others killed and two others wounded in a targeted airstrike of the Afghan Air Force.” The Read the full article...

The Afghan government has welcomed a clarification by Russia regarding its stance to have contacts with the militant groups. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said the stance by Russia regarding contacts with the militants and with an aim to ensure peace and stability is welcomed by the government. Noting the statement by the Ministry Read the full article...

An Australian woman who was kidnapped from Kabul city last year has been released, it has been reported. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has reportedly confirmed the release of the woman but no further details have been given regarding the circumstances surrounding the release of the woman. “We thank the authorities in Read the full article...