Новости за 19.09.2017

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will talk about terrorism, the threats it poses to the region, and regional support the terror groups receive during his speech at the UN General Assembly. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesman Ahmad Shekib Moshtaghani told reporters that main topic included in President Ghani’s speech at the UN General Assembly Read the full article...

Two Afghan asylum seekers have been detained in German on charges of raping a girl, days after Germany deported a group of at least eight people convicted in various crimes, including rape incidents. According to the local media reports, citing the government sources, the two men were arrested on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl Read the full article...

Haji Zahir Qadir, lawmaker representing Nangarhar province in the Lower House of the Parliament, has handed over one of his guards to police over murder charges. Provincial governor’s spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said the guard was handed over to Nangarhar police commandment late on Monday evening. No further details have been given regarding the circumstances surrounding Read the full article...

At least two members of the Lashkar-e-Islam based in Pakistan have been killed in airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan in a statement confirmed the airstrike and killing of the two members of the group. However, no further details were regarding the airstrike and identities of those killed Read the full article...

At least twenty people were killed or wounded in a suicide attack in Balochistan province of the country. The incident took place in the vicinity of Chaman located close to Afghanistan late on Monday. According to the local officials, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near the vehicle of the security forces. The officials further Read the full article...

The Pakistani government has rejected remarks attributed to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi regarding the deadly attack in Kabul which left more than 150 dead late in May. The Prime Minister House of Pakistan in a statement said “The remarks are simply baseless and have no reference to discussions with any media person.” The statement Read the full article...

The first batch of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the Afghan Air Force arrived in southern Kandahar province on Monday. The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan informed regarding the arrival of the first Black Hawks late on Monday. In a short statement posted online, the alliance said “The first Afghan Air Force UH-60s Read the full article...

A top Taliban leader has been killed during the counter-terrorism clearance operations in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan national army in the North said Taliban’s shadow military chief or Aqcha Qari Noorullah was killed during the operation of the security and defense forces today. The Shaheen Corps officials Read the full article...