Новости за 12.03.2018

The Afghanistan national cricket has qualified for the Super Six of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers with a better run rate and following three back to back wins in Group matches against Scotland, Zimbabwe, and Hong Kong. The Afghan team needed Nepal’s win against Hong Kong in the last match group match between the two Read the full article...

The Ministry of Defense says at least twenty Afghan soldiers have lost their lives during the clashes with the militants in western Farah and Nimroz provinces. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Gen. Dawlat Waziri says at least 63 militants were killed and 22 others were wounded during the clashes in the two provinces. Read the full article...

At least six kidnappers including two women were arrested by the Afghan security forces in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province. According to the local security officials, the security forces arrested the gang during an operation which also led to the release of a 4-year-old who was kept as hostage. Provincial police Read the full article...

The local officials in southern Kandahar province are saying that Taliban’s coordinated attack on security posts was responded with massive airstrikes that resulted into killing of at least 25 militants. Provincial police spokesman Zia Durrani said a large number of Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack on Kandahar-Uruzgan highway on Sunday night. He said the Read the full article...

The Afghan government has approved a new contract related to the Fiber Optic project having a total value of around 383 million US Dollars. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said the contract was approved during the latest meeting of the National Procurement Commission chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. According to a statement Read the full article...

The Pakistani officials have claimed that two Afghan nationals have been arrested in connection to the smuggling of at least twenty modern sniper rifles from the vicinity of Torkham district. The officials quoted by the local media outlets have said the sniper rifles were discovered from a vehicle carrying registration plate of Nangarhar province of Read the full article...

The Taliban militants have suffered heavy casualties in a series of airstrikes conducted in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, the local military officials said Monday. An Afghan military source in Uruzgan said the airstrikes were carried out in the past 24 hours in the vicinities of Khas Uruzgan and Chora districts. The source further added Read the full article...

The Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence (National Directorate of Security) conducted an operation in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, resulting into the killing of three members of the Taliban group. The provincial government media office in a statement said the operation was conducted late on Saturday night in Chaparhar district. The statement further added Read the full article...

The control of the Anar Dara district in western Farah province has reportedly fallen into the hands of the Taliban militants. The head of the provincial council Farid Bakhtawar confirms that the Taliban militants took control of the district late on Sunday night. The local security officials however have not commented regarding the fall of Read the full article...

The Taliban rocket attack in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan has inflicted heavy casualties on ordinary civilians, the local officials said Monday. The incident took place late on Sunday night in the vicinity of the restive Bati Kot district. The provincial government media office in a statement said the Taliban militants targeted a vehicle carrying Read the full article...