Новости за 05.08.2015

The First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum has said he will go to frontline if the Taliban militants did not refrain from violence and surrender to the Afghan security forces. Speaking to a gathering of the Afghan security forces in Qaisar district, Gen. Dostum said those Taliban militants who are having better knowledge of Read the full article...

An unknown gunmen opened fire on the car of the former Pakistani cricket captain Wasim Akram on Wednesday, police officials said. The incident took place in Karsaz area near the Natioanl Stadium in Karachi, the commercial capital of Pakistan. Police officials further added that the incident took place while he was on his way to Read the full article...

The Taliban group’s top commander Mansoor Dadullah has warned of further divisions among the Taliban militants while expressing his deep opposition with the appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor as successor of Mullah Mohammad Omar. Dadullah has called on immediate actions to appointment a new supreme leader for the Taliban group who should be acceptable Read the full article...

A young man opened fire on his sisters leaving one dead and two others wounded in an apparent honor killing case in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the incident took place in Bagram district in Mahiger area. The district police chief Mohammad Masoom Farzaye confirmed that the man opened Read the full article...

Mullah Nawab, the director or Hajj and Religious Affairs of southern Zabul province has been accused of corruption. Haji Mangal, head of a department in the directorate of Hajj and Religious Affairs of Zabul, and Mullah Abdul Hakim, head of the province’s Ulema Council, claim that the director is abusing his power. Mullah Abdul Hakim Read the full article...

Some high figures of the Taliban militant group are trying to resolve differences in the leadership, raised over the selection of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as the successor supreme leader for Mullah Mohammad Omar, recently announced dead. Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi who is said to be member of Mullah Omar’s family and former Taliban so-called Read the full article...

The confirmation of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death, reveals fractures inside the Taliban movement. Omar’s death has intensified existing divisions among the Taliban over whether to keep fighting or negotiate a peace process with the National Unity Government. Taliban now faces serious crisis that could lead them to a permanent division, with some factions Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Afghanistan (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has detained the military commander of Taliban militant group in northern Baghlan province. A statement issued by the NDS on Wednesday states that Mohammad Yaseen S/O Amin Rahman was sent from Peshawar city of Pakistan to assign so-called district governors and police chiefs in Baghalan Read the full article...

56 fighters from the militant groups of Taliban and Daesh have been killed in fresh US drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar province told reporters on Wednesday that the airstrikes were carried out on militants in Gorgore area of Haska Mina District late yesterday. He Read the full article...

After the resignation of Sayed Tayyeb Agha, Sher Abbas Stanekzai appointed by the Taliban as the acting chief of the groups political office in Qatar. In a statement sent to media, Stanekzai has also announced his support for the newly elected Emir Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor. “We assure our full support to the new chief,” Read the full article...

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released a report indicating that the civilian casualties remain at record in the Afghan war in the first half of 2015. According to the 2015 Midyear Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, there were 4,921 civilian casualties from January to June in Afghanistan. The report is documenting Read the full article...

At least 4,000 Syrian refugees were invited in a wedding party by a Turkish couple who decided to spend their wedding day feeding the refugees. The wedding feast was held in the Turkish border town of Kilis which is home to tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeing war-torn Syria. The couple, Fethullah Üzümcüoğlu Read the full article...

Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the government of Afghanistan has left to Egypt to take part in the inauguration ceremony of the ‘New Suez Canal’. Javid Faisal, Deputy Spokesperson of the CEO office said in a tweet this morning that Abdullah Abdullah will also meet with Egyptian PM during his visit. “Afghan Read the full article...

Two civilians have been killed and eight others wounded in a traffic accident in western Herat province. Officials say the civilian vehicle veered off the road and turned turtle on Herat-Islam Qala highway because of high speed on Monday evening. Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, spokesman for the Herat Regional Hospital said they have received two dead Read the full article...

A Pakistan government official has claimed President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is holding a Pakistani identity card. The issue was reportedly shared during a meeting of the local body in Chagai by district council chairman Malik Dilmurad Hasni who also shared a copy of the identity document. According to local media reports citing Hasni, the identity Read the full article...