Новости за 17.09.2017

Pakistan’s foreign minister Khwajah Asif has said the United State should work with the countries having influence on Taliban in a bid to open door for peace talks and end the conflict in Afghanistan. Reaffirming Islamabad’s stance against militaristic approach to Afghanistan issue, Asif told The Wall Street Journal in Islamabad that the new approach Read the full article...

Hundreds of youths from central Logar province gathered and marched towards capital Kabul to express their defiance towards the terrorist attack near the Kabul cricket stadium in the city which took place last week. The youths from Logar province stated their rally from the province earlier today and arrived in dozens of vehicles in the Read the full article...

Around eighteen people were killed or wounded after an explosion ripped through a mobile phone market in southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan. According to the local officials, the incident took place around noon time in the provincial Khost city. Provincial police chief Faizullah Ghairat confirmed the incident but put the death toll to one person Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is expected to meet his US counterpart President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. A spokesman for the Presidential Office Dawa Khan Meenapal confirmed the scheduled meeting between President Ghani and President Trump. Speaking to reporters in Kabul, Meenapal said President and his American Read the full article...

The main gate between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened late on Saturday after an incident resulted to its closure on Friday. The local officials in eastern Nangarhar province however are saying that issues still remain in the area close to the gate since hundreds of people and trucks were stranded over a period of 24 hours. Read the full article...

The Taliban insurgents have suffered heavy casualties during the air and ground operations in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan. The 209th Corps of the Afghan national army in the North said the operations were conducted in the past several hours in pashton Kot district. The Shaheen Corps officials said at least twelve Taliban insurgents were Read the full article...

Two athletes from Afghanistan have managed to win gold and silver medals during their maiden appearances in the ongoing games in Turkmenistan. The first gold medal for the country was won by Hussain Bakhsh Safari who managed to defeat his rival in Jujitsu games. In the meantime, the first silver medal for Afghanistan was won Read the full article...

A top leader of the Afghan Taliban insurgents has been killed by the Pakistani Taliban militants in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, it has been reported. The incident has reportedly taken place in the vicinity of Sarkano district with the slain Taliban leader identified as Ubaid. According to the local media reports in Pakistan citing Read the full article...

An agreement for the loan of $74 million was signed between the Afghan government and the Islamic Development Bank for the construction of Kabul Ring Road. Mustafa Arya, the director of the grants consolidation in the ministry of finance, told reporters in Kabul that the agreement has been signed between the national economic council led Read the full article...