Новости за 15.07.2017

The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan rejected the claims by the Taliban group regarding the airstrikes by the US forces on a school in northern Kunduz province. A spokesman for the alliance, Capt. William K. Salvin, said “Taliban allegations of US airstrikes on a school in Kunduz province are false.” Salvin further added “While Read the full article...

The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan has said the Afghan government will never allow the use of its soil as terrorist launch pad against the neighboring countries. The Ministry of Defense spokesman General Dawlat Waziri made the remarks during a press conference in Kabul. Apparently gesturing towards the remarks of a top Pakistani general regarding Read the full article...

The lawmakers in the Lower House of the Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, reacted at the remarks of the US embassy Charge d’Affaires regarding the controversial case of the first vice president General Abdul Rashid Dostum and former Jawzjan governor Ahmad Khan Ishchi. A member of the parliament, Nasrullah Sadiqizada, said the case has nothing to do Read the full article...

The commander of the US forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson reaffirmed the resolve to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS Khurasan, in Afghanistan. Gen. Nicholson who is also in command of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, made the remarks after the confirmation of the death of the newly appointed Read the full article...

The Afghan security forces foiled a deadly suicide attack plot by the anti-government armed militant groups in southeastern Paktia province. According to the local security officials, two suicide bombers who were looking to carry out suicide attacks in the provincial capital Gardez city, were shot dead by the security forces before they manage to reach Read the full article...

A senior Pakistani army general has claimed that the Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), is being operated against Pakistan from the Afghan soil. General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan, made the remarks during a ceremony on Friday. Insisting that peace and tranquility in Afghanistan is Read the full article...

Several insurgents including foreign nationals were killed in a series of airstrikes targeting Taliban and ISIS militants in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial government in a statement said at least seven Taliban insurgents including their commander Khayesta Khan were killed and another insurgent wounded in a drone strike in Bati Kot district on Read the full article...

The newly appointed leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS-Khurasan, Abu Sayed has been killed in an airstrike. Sayed was killed in the airstrike conducted in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, the US Department of Defense, Pentagon said in a statement. “U.S. forces killed Read the full article...