Новости за 09.07.2015

The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Netherlands by 32 runs in the second qualifier match for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20. Afghanistan set a target of 163 runs from 20 overs by losing 7 wickets after Netherlands won the toss and elected to field first. Samiullah Shenwari scored 44 runs from 42 balls Read the full article...

The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) released a video of Special Task Force which has been formed to combat the affiliates of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan. NDS informed regarding the formation of the Special Task Force earlier this month amid reports that the terror Read the full article...

A senior commander of the militant group of Islamic State or Daesh has been killed in a drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency announced on Thursday. A statement issued by the NDS states that the airstrike which killed Daesh’s second-in-command Gul Zaman and his deputy Read the full article...

An armed robber has killed three people inside a private bank in the Lahore city of Pakistan. The robber carrying a weapon entered to the bank in Kareem Block area of the city and tried to loot its treasury but faced resistance by the staff and customers. Police say that upon resistance the robber started Read the full article...

Newest U.S. drone strikes have killed 25 militants in eastern Nangarhar province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced. According to NDS, the newest strikes were carried out a gathering of rebels in Deh Bala District on Wednesday night. Sediq Sediqi, spokesman for NDS said that there was no harm to civilians in the airstrikes. Read the full article...

Afghanistan’s leading total communications provider, Roshan, signed a three year extension as Title Sponsor of Roshan Afghan Premier League (RAPL), Afghanistan’s Largest Sporting Event. The announcement was made during a press conference on Tuesday by the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF), Afghanistan’s leading total communications provider, and MOBY GROUP, Afghanistan’s largest media conglomerate. The 2014 RAPL Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has foiled a kidnapping plot in southern Kandahar province. A statement issued by the NDS on Thursday states that two kidnappers have been arrested who planned to kidnap the father of Abdul Rahim Ayoub, Member of Parliament. The statement further states that the kidnappers planned Read the full article...

The Haqqani Nework members also attended peace talks with the Afghan officials in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. Eng. Mohammad asem, a member of the Afghan delegation who returned from Pakistan following the first round of talks, told reporters that the Haqqani Network members were also present during the meeting together with Taliban’s Quetta Read the full article...

The government of Pakistan will resume executing death row convicts after Eid, the penalty is being halted to respect the holy month of Ramazan. Before Ramazan begins, the central government of Pakistan issued a directive to all provincial administrations demanding the officials not to hang anyone during the holy month of Ramazan, and public holidays Read the full article...

The Taliban representatives who met with Afghan delegation in Pakistan have demanded the formation of a “United National Government” in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s The Express Tribune news agency that also has partnership with The International New York Times quotes an official source close to the talks as saying that both the Taliban and Afghan government delegation Read the full article...

Leading a high level government delegation, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left to Russia’s Ufa city on Thursday morning to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summits. In these summits, President Ghani will have discussions with the leaders of SCO and BRICS member countries about the regional Read the full article...