Новости за 24.08.2015

A massive fire has reportedly swept through gas terminal in Herat city in western part of the country earlier tonight, leaving at least eleven people dead. The incident has taken place in Dahana-e-Kamar Kalagh area of the city and back to back to explosions were heard after the gas storages caught fire. A local official confirmed Read the full article...

A plot to assassinate the First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum was thwarted by the security forces and special security guards of the Vice President. The suicide bombers were reportedly arrested earlier tonight from the vicinity of Gen. Dostum’s residence in Qaisar district. According to reports, the militant groups were looking to launch a Read the full article...

A satirical Facebook page – Kabul Taxi, formed by unknown individuals recently, has sparked controversy following interventions by security institutions, apparently aimed at curbing the activities of the social media page. The page attracted a considerable number of subscribers soon after it was launched five months ago and mainly criticizes the jihadi leaders, influential tribal Read the full article...

A prominent terrorist who was leading the Jundullah terrorist group in Afghanistan was killed in an airstrike in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan. The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Abu Hazifa was killed in an airstrike launched in coordination with the intelligence department. A statement by NDS said the airstrike was Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has seized a truck laden with explosive materials in Paktika province. A statement issued on Monday by NDS states that there were 130 bags of explosive materials in this truck weighing a total of 6,500 kilograms. The press release further states that the truck had arrived Read the full article...

Police in eastern Nangarhar province have arrested a man who had hidden 58 kilograms of hashish in his vehicle. Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for the police headquarters of Nangarhar province says that personnel from the counter-narcotics department stopped a ‘Flying Coach’ vehicle for a routine search in Surkh Aab bridge area of Surkh Rod Read the full article...

Unidentified gunmen have blown up a shrine in central Logar province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Saleem Salih, spokesman for the governor of Logar province said that a group of gunmen went to Shah Khalwati shrine located in Garamabad area of Charkh District and blew it up at around 05:00 am this morning. Provincial Read the full article...

Ali Sait Akin has been appointed as the new Turkish ambassador to Afghanistan. Akin presented his Diplomatic Credentials to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in Presidential Palace on Sunday. A formal ceremony was organized in Presidential Palace (Arg) where Akin said that he is happy with his appointment. He praised Afghan government’s peace initiatives and expressed Read the full article...

37 militants have been killed in newest security operations in Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kunduz, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul and Helmand provinces, the Ministry of Interior announced on Monday morning. A statement issued by the ministry states that the operations were jointly conducted by Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army and personnel from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Read the full article...

Taliban and al-Qaeda had surged an insurgency in Afghanistan for over a decade and few months before another group by the name of Daesh affiliating itself with the Islamic State, a terrorist group from Iraq and Syria, appeared in parts of the country with carrying out some brutal executions. Officials in parts of the country Read the full article...

A relatively heavy blast rocked northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan earlier today, local officials said. The blast took place in a market place in Shebarghan city with eyewitnesses in the area saying at least one person was killed and two others were wounded. Provincial police chief Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani confirmed the incident and said one person was Read the full article...

The National Procurement Commission (NPC) has referred 26 companies to judiciary for allegedly using fake documents. Yama Yari, head of the NPC told a news conference in Kabul on Sunday that these companies have been accused of using fake bank documents, forgery in their previous contracts and providing invalid documents. Yari said that judiciary will Read the full article...

Author: Habib Sangar The U.S. has warned that it will withhold $300 million dollar in military assistance to Pakistan if it does not take serious and practical steps to hunt down members of the notorious Haqqani network who are targeting both Afghan and U.S forces in Afghanistan. For the same reason, prime minster Nawaz Sharif’s Read the full article...