Новости за 23.05.2018

The Global Witness organization has reported that both Taliban and Islamic State loyalists are smuggling talc minerals worth millions of Dollar to Pakistan. “Through interviews with informed sources and analysis of satellite imagery we have exposed how talc mining has become a key strategic priority for the Islamic State in Afghanistan (IS-KP),” the organization said Read the full article...

The Chairman of the Afghan Senate, Upper House of the Parliament (Wolesi Jirga), Fazal Hadi Muslimyar strongly reacted at the remarks of Zamir Kabulov, the special envoy of President Vladimir Putin. Calling the remarks of Kabulov as shameful and silly, Muslimyar said he strongly condemns the remarks of Kabulov and called on the ministry of Read the full article...

The Afghan armed forces pounded the Taliban positions with heavy artillery strikes in response to the group’s coordinated attack on Ajristan district in Ghazni. The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast said the Afghan armed forces in coordination with the other security personnel targeted the Taliban positions with heavy artillery strikes Read the full article...

The sound of an explosion was heard in the vicinity of the 5th police district of Kabul city. According to reports, the incident has taken place in the vicinity of Company area of the city but there are no reports regarding the type of the blast. In the meantime, a security source, says the blast Read the full article...

At least six militants including two local leaders of the group were killed in a series of airstrikes carried out by the Afghan Air Force in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said the latest airstrikes were carried out in the vicinity of Imam Sahib Read the full article...

The militants have executed a de-miner who was kidnapped during an attack in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Monday, the local officials said. The de-miner was among the six people who had visited the TAPI project site for the survey work when they were ambushed, leaving five of them dead. The local officials are Read the full article...

The local officials in southern Kandahar province are saying that the death toll from yesterday’s car bomb explosion in Kandahar city has climbed at least 21 people. The officials are saying that the blast has also left at least 40 people wounded and several security personnel are also among those who have lost their lives. Read the full article...

The Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu has claimed that the terror groups are moving to Afghanistan from Syria as he emphasizes on bolstering the capabilities of the Uzbekistan security forces. Shoigu reportedly made the remarks during his meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Abdusalom Azizov. Emphasizing that military cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan is totally specific Read the full article...

The US government has reportedly named Army Lt. Gen. Austin Scott Miller as the new commander of the US forces in Afghanistan. Reports regarding the nomination of Gen. Miller as the new commander of US forces in Afghanistan emerges amid ongoing efforts to defeat the 17-year long insurgency in Afghanistan led mainly by the Taliban. Read the full article...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the US Ambassador to Kabul John Bass to discuss the recent developments in Afghanistan. The Office of the Former President in a statement said the former President met with the Ambassador Bass in his office on Tuesday evening. The statement further added that the two sides discussed Read the full article...