Новости за 01.08.2017

A deadly explosion has taken place in Herat city in West of Afghanistan as there are fears that dozens of people have been killed or wounded. The incident took place around 8:30 pm local time near Jawadia mosque in the city but the type of the explosion has not been ascertained so far. Preliminary reports Read the full article...

The Afghan Air Force has conducted around one hundred and twelve sorties in the past twenty fours amid soaring violence across the country. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the sorties which included logistics, transportation, and aerial strikes were carried out during the ongoing counter-terrorism operations. A statement by MoD said the Afghan National Defense Read the full article...

A Taliban group member who has surrendered to the government in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan says he regrets for the insurgency activities he has conducted against the country. The provincial government in Nangarhar in a statement said the Taliban group member was previously conducting insurgency under the command of the two senior Taliban commanders Read the full article...

The deputy chief executive of the government of national unity Mohammad Mohaqiq slammed the United States for interfering in the case of General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Ahmad Khan Ishchi. Speaking during a gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Balkh, Mohaqiq accused the United States and European Union of interfering in the internal affairs of Afghanistan. Read the full article...

The attack by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group on the embassy of Iraq in Kabul has been widely condemned. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement said President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has strongly condemned the attack on the embassy of Iraq, calling it a move in contrast Read the full article...

At least two US soldiers sustained minor injuries after their helicopter made a hard landing in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan earlier today. The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan in a statement said “A U.S. HH-60 Black Hawk suffered a mechanical issue that resulted in a hard landing during operations near Achin, Nangarhar early Read the full article...

The provincial governor of northern Balkh province Ata Mohammad Noor has warned the government will not be able to maintain power in coming years with persistent injustice. Noor who is also a key member of the new political coalition to be formed and the chief executive of Jamiat-e-Islami, warned the government during a gathering in Read the full article...

A female Afghan lawmaker of the Lower House of the Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, died in a traffic incident in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial government media office in a statement said Parveen Nuristani representing the eastern Nuristan province in the Lower House of the Parliament died in the outskirts of Jalalabad city late Read the full article...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS-Khurasan, released the picture of the two suicide bombers who attacked the embassy of Iraq in Kabul on Monday. The photo purportedly shows two young men who carried out the suicide attack on the Iraqi embassy. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Read the full article...