Новости за 13.10.2015

The top Pakistani authorities were well informed regarding the presence of al-Qaeda terrorist network founder Osama bin Laden was in a fortified compound in Abbottabad, a small military town less than a 100 kilometres from Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. A leading Indian TV news channel quoting Pakistan’s former defense minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar reported that the Read the full article...

The Russian ambassador to Afghanistan reaffirmed support to the Afghan national security forces amid concerns regarding deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan with Moscow fearing the emergent ISIS terror group could pose serious threats to Central Asia and Russia. The Afghan National Security Council (NSC) said Russian Ambassador Mantytskiy met with the National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar Read the full article...

After Taliban threatened to attack two Kabul-based private TV channels and their staff members, Afghan journalists came together for a press conference on Tuesday and warned that if media organizations or their staff members are harmed they will stop publishing Taliban news. They said that the first step is to boycott the coverage of their Read the full article...

Afghan and U.S forces jointly destroyed the training sites of al-Qaeda in Shorabak District of southern Kandahar province. After months of intelligence gathering and planning, the operation began in the evening hours of Oct. 7 and ended on Oct 11 in which U.S. carried out 63 precision airstrikes while Afghan forces engaged in several battles Read the full article...

Luxury jewelry handcrafted by Afghan men and women in Kabul have found way to United Kingdom and United States with the help of a popular London-based jewelry designer Pippa Small. Photo: Kirsty Hume models the Turquoise Mountain collection for Pippa Small (credit: Tierney Gearon) She has shops in Notting Hill as well as Los Angeles in Read the full article...

A man who went missing during a hunting trip near Laverton in the West Australian Goldfields, some 950 kilometers (600 miles) northeast of Perth on October 7 was found on Tuesday. Police said Reg Foggerdy, 62, had survived in a remote Australian desert in searing heat without water by eating black ants for six days. Read the full article...

Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai has said that the world must build a “global consensus” on an inclusive security paradigm to address international security challenges, confront acts of terrorism and “eradicate its roots in sanctuaries.” “The challenge for all of us today is to move beyond zero sum games,” Karzai added during his speech the Read the full article...

United Nations has urged Afghan government to investigate the killing of its staffer in southern Kandahar province and bring to justice the perpetrators. UN’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that he is deeply troubled and saddened over the killing of a staff member in Kandahar. Toorpikai Ulfat was shot dead by unknown gunmen during daylight in Read the full article...

A policeman embraced martyrdom in a suicide attack in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday. The suicide bomber who was wearing an explosive vest tried to enter to a police check post in Sur Badal area of Maiwand District. When policemen at the check post suspected and told him to stop, the suicide bomber blasted his Read the full article...

Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has arranged a ‘Charity Match’ which will take place at Alokozay-Kabul International Cricket Stadium on 15 October, 2015. The 20-overs match between Development Squad and Afghanistan A is meant to support the civilian victims of the recent clashes in northern Kundoz province. The money ACB receives through the tickets of the Read the full article...

Five new provincial police chiefs have been appointed, a statement released by the Presidential Palace ‘ARG’ on Monday states. According to the statement, Brigadier General Abdul Qayoum Baqizoy has been appointed as the police chief for Sar-e-Pul province, General Matiullah Safi for Laghman, Brigadier General Aminullah Amarkhil for Ghazni, Brigadier General Abdul Rawouf Taj for Read the full article...