Новости за 08.08.2015

At least 22 people were killed in an explosion in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan earlier this evening, local officials said. The incident took place in Khanabad district where a gathering of the local militia forces personnel was targeted. Provincial police spokesman Sarwar Hussaini confirmed the incident and said at least 22 personnel of the Read the full article...

A private school teacher was killed with his six children in a truck bombing which ripped through a market in Shah Shaheed area of Kabul city in the early minutes of Friday morning. The Ministry of Education (MoE) said Saturday that the school teacher was serving with a private school – Ahmadshah Abdali school. A Read the full article...

Two people lost lives in an explosion close to Jalalabad city on Saturday afternoon. Ahmadzia Abdulzai, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province said that the blast took place near a security check post in Du Saraka area of Surkh Rod District around 04:30 pm. He said the blast left two people killed and three Read the full article...

Taliban’s so-called deputy governor for Ghazni province has been killed with eight of his companions in Ghazni province. According to information released to media by the police headquarters of Ghazni province, these Taliban were killed during a clash erupted in Spin Band area of Aab Band District last night. A statement issued by the police Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has detained a group of seven Taliban in southern Kandahar province. A statement issued by the NDS on Saturday states that the group was functioning under the command of Hussain Shah alias Maulawi Agha in the jurisdiction of Kandahar city, the province’s capital. The six Read the full article...

At least nine people including a service member of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission and eight contracted civilians of the RS mission were killed during an attack on a foreign forces base in Kabul. The alliance following a statement said “One Resolute Support servicemember and eight Resolute Support contracted civilians were killed during an Read the full article...

A former soviet army officer who was arrested following an attack in Afghanistan in 2009 was found guilty of terrorism in a US court on Friday. Irek Hamidullin, 55, was a tank commander during soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He stayed behind when the red army left Afghanistan following heavy war. Irek Hamidullin later converted to Read the full article...

The Taliban insurgent group has accepted responsibility for the suicide attack on Kabul police academy that left 26 killed and nearly 30 others wounded. Dawn news, one of the few news sources for Afghan Taliban in Pakistan, writes that Mujahid has claimed responsibility of the attack on behalf of the insurgent group. The suicide bomber Read the full article...

Two member of a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar have been arrested by security forces in eastern Kunar province. Brigadier General Abdul Habib Sayedkhil, police chief of Kunar province says that the two militants had been working for TTP but due to rifts within the group they had joined Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. Brig. General Sayedkhili further Read the full article...

12 soldiers from Afghan National Army have embraced martyrdom and 115 militants killed in two days military operations across the country, the Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday morning. A twitter post by General Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, states that: “In past 48 hours 115 terrorists have been killed, 41 wounded, Read the full article...

A number of Taliban clerics are mediating to remove rifts between divided Taliban factions and are likely to announce their decision about Mullah Omar’s successor soon. The crack within the leadership of Taliban occurred after Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Manour was appointed as the Emir of Taliban after Mullah Omar was announced dead. A member of Read the full article...

A NATO service member has been killed during attack on a coalition facility in capital Kabul. According to a statement issued today by NATO’s Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan states that the attack took place at 10:15 pm last night. “A coalition facility (Camp Integrity) was attacked at 10:15 pm, 7 Aug.  One Resolute Support Read the full article...