Новости за 27.01.2016

India’s union cabinet has reportedly given post facto approval for the construction of Afghanistan’s parliament building in Kabul, built by India at a revised cost of 969 crore Indian rupees, which is equivalent to around $142.25 million. According to the local media reports, citing official sources, the revised construction cost include minor touch-up work, including Read the full article...

The Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team will face Pakistan Under-19 team in their opening match in ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The match will kick off at 7:30 am Afghanistan time and is part of the third match in Group B, which will be played at Sylhet Bangladesh. The Afghanistan squad includes Ihsanullah Jannat, Ikram Alikhail, Read the full article...

A group of militants, believed to be Taliban, have gunned down four de-miners in an attack in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. Officials say the de-miners were busy in their routine job in Gerishk District when Taliban attacked them around 11:00 am today. One de-miner also sustained injuries in the attack. Omar Zwak, spokesperson for Read the full article...

Top U.S. military commanders, who only a few months ago were planning to pull the last American troops out of Afghanistan by year’s end, are now quietly talking about an American commitment that could keep thousands of troops in the country for decades, The Washington Post reports. The news agency citing senior military officials say Read the full article...

Nangarhar police have arrested seven terrorists belonging to Islamic State (IS) which is locally known as Daesh. A statement released by the Police headquarters of Nangarhar province states that the terrorists were rounded up during separate raids in Achin, Kot and Rodat districts. They are identified as Mohammad Yaqoub and Khal Murad, both residents of Read the full article...

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has seized an arms cache of Taliban militants in Jalriz District of central Maidan Wardak province. A statement released by NDS on Wednesday states that explosive materials and rounds of different types of heavy and light weapons were hidden in the cache. “Terrorists planned to Read the full article...

Taliban militants have cut cables supplying power to Kabul amid a heavy crackdown against them by the security forces in parts of northern Baghlan province. More than two dozen insurgents have been reportedly killed and wounded during the crackdown since Tuesday. Two commanders of the group Qari Bashir and Qari Juma Gul are among the Read the full article...

Pakistan has summoned Afghan Charge d’Affaires, Sayed Abdul Nasir Yousafi over the deadly attack on Bacha Khan University that Islamabad claims was controlled from Afghanistan. “He was told that investigations have revealed that handlers of this terrorist act were operating from Afghan territory and used Afghan telecommunication network for planning and executing this attack. In Read the full article...

Afghanistan has been listed third after Somalia and North Korea in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 of Transparency International. In Afghanistan, millions of dollars that should have gone on reconstruction have been reportedly wasted or stolen, seriously undermining efforts to sustain peace, the report states. It adds that child labour remains a sad reality in Read the full article...

Tajikistan says Mullah Amriddin, the leader of banned Tajik movement of Jamaat Ansarullah has been killed in Afghanistan, Interfax news agency reports. The country’s Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda told a press conference on Monday that Mullah Amriddin was killed during a special operation. “The fate of Mullah Amriddin is already decided. He was killed in Read the full article...