Новости за 30.12.2015

Amid efforts to push the Taliban group leadership to sit-in for the second round of direct peace talks with the Afghan government, a top Pakistani official said Wednesday that the group will have to shut down their subversive activities in a bid to help kick off peace talks and achieve success. The Pakistani Prime Minister’s Read the full article...

The Pakistani military announced Wednesday that a Hotline has been established with the Afghan military in a bid to enhance coordination along the Durand Line. A spokesman for the Pakistani military Asim Bajwa said the Hotline was established in line with the understanding reached during the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif’s visit Read the full article...

As Afghan and NATO forces focus in confronting the militant groups of Taliban and Islamic State (IS) or Daesh, concern grows over the re-emergence of al-Qaeda. The New York Times reports that al-Qaeda training camps are sprouting up in Afghanistan, forcing the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies to assess whether they could again become a Read the full article...

The Taliban leadership is concerned of losing fighters and income from lucrative sources to the emergent loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan, it has been reported. “The rapid growth of this group [IS] that appeared in Afghanistan in summer of 2014, its intention to ‘swallow’ other extremist Read the full article...

The Afghanistan national football team eyes to bring more joy and happiness to the lives of the people of war torn Afghanistan by retaining the SAFF championship title and maintaining the momentum of consecutive wins together with the Afghan cricket team. Both the Afghan football and cricket teams impressed their fans inside the country and Read the full article...

The fate of around 300 villagers detained by the militant group of the Islamic State (IS) or Daesh in eastern Afghanistan is still unknown, an official says. Governor of Nangarhar’s Achin District has told VOA news that the 300 villagers have been kidnapped by the group in his district in last two months. According to Read the full article...

Afghan forces have arrested nine militants belonging to Taliban group during a clash in Nazyan District of eastern Nangarhar province. A statement released by Nangarhar Media Center on Tuesday states that Taliban planned to launch attacks on border police check posts in Maru area but security forces prevented them. The press release adds that a Read the full article...

A U.S. drone strike has killed two Taliban commanders in eastern Afghanistan. Sarhadi Zwak, spokesperson for the governor of Laghman province said the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) targeted Zarjan and Dil Agha in Masboud valley of Alishang District Tuesday afternoon. He said Zarjan originally hailed from Bombai area of Dawlat Shah District and was responsible Read the full article...

Pakistani flour has been losing market in Afghanistan and is replaced with the export of Tajikistan. Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce has decided to send a high level delegation comprising officials and businessmen to Afghanistan to address issues that are responsible for Pakistan losing its traditional flour export market in Afghanistan. According to Pakistan’s The Express Read the full article...

As the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorating day by day, the NATO and U.S. military commander in Afghanistan General John F. Campbell seeks to keep as many U.S. troops in Afghanistan as possible through 2016. In a telephonic interview with USA TODAY from Kabul, Gen. John Campbell said that maintaining the current force of 9,800 Read the full article...

The U.S. government has charged an Afghan businessman with bribing soldiers with bundles of cash to get the US contracts, it has been reported. This comes over $63 million of the Afghan businessman had been frozen by the U.S. Department of Justice United States in 2013. Local media reports citing a criminal complaint filed on Read the full article...