Новости за 18.01.2018

The Pakistani officials have said the Taliban group is not prepared to hold talks with the government as reports indicate that the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada has sent a delegation to Islamabad to explore ways for reviving peace talks. Pakistani officials privy of the development have confirmed to Dawn News that a delegation Read the full article...

A man has been arrested on charges of raping his own mother in western Herat province of Afghanistan, the local security officials said Thursday. The man was arrested from the vicinity of the 11th police district of the city of Herat with the security officials saying the police forces arrested the man after receiving complaints Read the full article...

A suicide bomber was killed in an explosion triggered by his own explosives and before reaching to his target in eastern Nangrhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial government in a statement said the incident took place late on Wednesday evening in the vicinity of Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar. The statement further added Read the full article...

The Afghan national cricket team player Rashid Khan has won the Associate Cricketer of the Year award of the International Cricket Council as the young Afghan cricketer has managed to attract global attention for his recent performances on the domestic and international level. The International Cricket Council in a report said Thursday that Khan has Read the full article...

The Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hebatullah has reportedly approved the visit of a Taliban delegation to Islamabad for preliminary talks on exploring ways to revive peace talks. Sources privy of the development within the Taliban ranks have told Reuters that supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada had approved Monday’s exploratory meeting in Islamabad on restarting talks to Read the full article...

The Taliban insurgent suffered casualties during the ongoing Pamir-17 operations in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan as the military officials are saying that hundreds of rounds of Ak-47 ammunition were also confiscated along with an Improvised Explosive Device. The 209th Shaheen Corps officials said at least five Taliban insurgents were killed and five others were Read the full article...

The chief executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Ata Mohammad Noor says he will set a deadline for the widespread uprising if the ongoing talks between Jamiat-e-Islami and the Afghan government fails over the deadlock regarding the Balkh provincial political leadership. Speaking during a gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif city, Noor warned the government that he and his supporters launch Read the full article...

At least two people were killed and another individual was wounded in drone strikes along the Durand Line targeting the suspected militants both inside the Afghanistan and Pakistan territories, it has been reported. The officials in Pakistan’s tribal regions have said a suspected militant was critically wounded after he was targeted in Kurram Agency. The Read the full article...