Новости за 28.10.2015

Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading communications provider, today announced it was awarded five Stevie® Awards including three Gold Stevie® Awards at the 12th Annual International Business Awards in Toronto, Canada. The International Business Awards (IBAs) is the world’s premier business awards program. All individuals and organizations worldwide – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small Read the full article...

The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Zimbabwe in the second match of Twenty20 on Wednesday, securing another historic series win. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first setting a target of 191 runs for Afghanistan from 20 overs, with SC Williams scoring 54 runs. They lost seven wickets in total with Dawlat Zadran, Read the full article...

Mahamoud Saikal presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday as the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations. Saikal is a senior Afghan diplomat and international development specialist with over two decades of experience with governments, international organizations, private sector and civil society. Prior to his appointment, Saikal served as Read the full article...

Unidentified armed men have torched a girls’ school in Pul-i-Alam, capital of Logar province, in the neighborhood of Kabul. Kabir Haqmal spokesman for the Ministry of Education says the incident took place around 03:00 am on Wednesday. Haqmal has written in a post on his ‘facebook’ page that two gunmen entered to Haji Guloon Girls’ Secondary Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested a group of Taliban in southern Kandahar province. A statement released by NDS on Wednesday states that the group was arrested during a raid from the jurisdiction of Kandahar city, the provincial capital of Kandahar. The group was operating in Kandahar city and Read the full article...

11 militants have been killed in a drone strike and military operation in eastern Nangarhar province. Governor of Achin District said on Wednesday that a ‘Saracha’ vehicle of Taliban was targeted in the drone strike in Syah Cho area late Tuesday evening. Including a Taliban commander and some foreigners, five insurgents were killed in the Read the full article...

The former president and military ruler of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf has said that terrorists such as the deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban were heroes for Pakistan, according to India’s CNN-IBN (Cable News Network–Indian Broadcasting Network) news channel. “We trained Taliban and sent them to fight against Russia. Taliban, Haqqani, Osama Bin Laden and Read the full article...

27 students of Nangarhar University sustained injuries in a stampede followed by rumors of another powerful jolt of earthquake in the wee hours of Tuesday. Professor Babrak Miakhil, head of Nangarhar University said that students living in the hostel were put in fear by rumors published on social media such as ‘facebook’ that another powerful Read the full article...

Death toll from the earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Monday has reached to 115 people. According to the updates released by the Presidential Palace, 538 people have been wounded in the earthquake. It has also left 7630 homes, 20 mosques and nine government offices damaged. Earlier it was reported that nearly 80 people were killed, Read the full article...

Taliban militants have reached to the capital of Darqand District of northeastern Takhar province. Reports suggest that heavy clashes erupted between security forces and Taliban insurgents in Darqand last night and this morning Taliban seized the capital. Taliban spokesman Mujahid claims responsibility for the attack. This story will be updated as more details come available. Read the full article...

Afghanistan has welcomed the announcement of British support for another year. A statement released by the Presidential Palace on Tuesday states that British assistance would be in two sectors mainly, military assistance in fight against terrorism and training Afghan forces and development. “This assistance is based on common interests and threats of two governments and Read the full article...

The Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his ‘deepest condolences’ to Afghanistan over a powerful earthquake that left at least 115 dead. Putin also extended his condolences to the victims of the earthquake through a message to the Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. In the meantime, the Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies Read the full article...