Новости за 24.05.2017

At least five people including senior security officials have been arrested after a passenger plane was prevented to land in central Bamyan province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials said the arrests were made on Wednesday after the forced diversion of the plane by the supporters of a lawmaker sparked anger. MoI spokesman Read the full article...

The first leader production firm started work in western Herat province of Afghanistan with an aim to curb import of leather products from outside the country worth almost $350 million on annual basis. The factory was inaugurated on Tuesday in the presence of the provincial governor Mohammad Asif Rahimi in Herat Industrial park. The factory Read the full article...

The Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar met his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on the sidelines of a summit in Moscow to hold talks on key issues. The Office of the National Security Council in a statement said the two sides held on further expansion of bilateral political and security relations between the two Read the full article...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan to hold talks regarding the current situation in Afghanistan. The Office of the former President in a statement said the meeting was organized in the office of the former President in Kabul. The statement further added that the two sides discussed the Read the full article...

A coordinated attack by the Taliban insurgents resulted into the closure of a key highway in North of Afghanistan on Wednesday. According to the security officials, scores of Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated attack on Baghlan-Mazar highway late on Tuesday night. The officials further added that clashes are still underway as the highway has been Read the full article...

An Afghan asylum seeker has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of having links with the Taliban group in Afghanistan. A statement by Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office in a statement said the detained asylum seeker has been identified as Oamid N and was arrested on Friday. The statement further added that the asylum seeker is Read the full article...

The forced diversion of a passenger by a member of the Afghan parliament has sparked furor both among the Afghan officials and the parliament members. The local officials in central Bamyan province said several high level officials of Bamyan airport were investigated regarding the forced diversion of the plane. The provincial government media office in Read the full article...

At least ten militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, were killed during the ongoing counter-terrorism operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial government in a statement said the militants were killed during the Hamza counter-terrorism operations conducted in the vicinity of Read the full article...

A former lawmaker of the Lower House of the Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, Najibullah was wounded in an attack in Kabul city late on Tuesday night. Informed security sources are saying Kabuli sustained injuries during a gun battle triggered by an explosion. The sources further added that a magnetic bomb was initially detonated near the vehicle Read the full article...