Новости за 23.03.2016

The Hezb-e-Islami party led by the notorious militants leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is seeking power-sharing with the Afghan government in exchange for peace deal, it has been reported. The Afghan high peace council is busy negotiating peace deal with the delegation of Hezb-e-Islami party sent by Hekmatyar on 17th March. According to the officials privy to Read the full article...

The Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah joined the Afghan spectators to support the Afghanistan national cricket team in their match against England. Abdullah was accompanied by the cabinet members as well as members of the Afghan parliament who arrived in India by a special flight. “Mr.Abdullah Abdullah came with his cabinet & MPs by a Read the full article...

Two kids lost their lives and ten others were wounded in a deadly stampede caused by hail shower in the western Herat province of Afghanistan. According to the government officials, the victims were a 4-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl, who lost their lives in the stampede following hailstorm. The officials further added that the incident Read the full article...

Amnesty International has learnt that Turkey has forcibly sent back dozens of Afghan refugees to Kabul without allowing them to complete the asylum procedures. The organization says that the forcible return of around 30 Afghan asylum seekers just hours after the European Union (EU)-Turkey refugee deal came into force shows that implementing the deal would Read the full article...

The Afghan lawmakers have demanded an end to the work of the acting security ministers amid concerns that the anti-government armed militants are preparing for a major summer offensive. The lawmakers have warned regarding the negative impact of the continued operations of key security institutions under the leadership of acting officials. They insist that the Read the full article...

The supporters of General Abdul Rashid Dostum staged protests for the second day against the removal of the Vice President’s pictures from Mazar-e-Sharif cit, the provincial capital of northern Balkh province. The protests were organized in the northern Sar-e-Pul, Samangan, Faryab and Jawzjan provinces, a day after hundreds of supporters of Gen. Dostum protested against Read the full article...

Five members of the militant group of the Islamic State (IS) which is also known by its Arabic name Daesh have been killed in a drone strike in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Achin’s governor Haji Ghalib Mujahid said the insurgents were targeted in Bandar area late Tuesday afternoon. Read the full article...

The authorities in Netherlands are planning to close five more prisons as the falling crime rate leaves the cells empty, it has been reported. The decision by the authorities to close the prisons has been taken in a bid to prevent the useless cost incurred by empty cells, the country’s justice minister Ard van der Steur Read the full article...

By: aAhmad Masoud On 17 January 2016, Mohammad Khan, 25, knocked down his 20-years-old wife, Riza Gul, and cut off her nose with a knife in northern Afghan province of Faryab. “On that day my husband entered the house with a pistol in his one hand and a knife in his other,” said Riza Gul Read the full article...

The Afghanistan national cricket team faced their third match in ICC World Twenty20 after England sealed a victory by 15 runs as the Afghan batsmen were restricted to 127 while chasing a target of 143. England won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 142 runs from 20 overs by losing 7 wickets. Mohammad Nabi and Read the full article...

Top security officials from the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense visited eastern Kunar and Nangarhar province ot review the security situation as well as cross-border incursions by Pakistan. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the delegation of the top security officials is led by the commander of the border protection police forces Gen. Read the full article...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani opened the 4th G7+ ministerial conference in Kabul on Wednesday. The group which is built up by countries having recent experience of conflict will discuss peace and reconciliation efforts pursued in member countries, economic resilience, New Deal implementation and localizing the SDGs. Tight security measures have been taken for the two-day Read the full article...

At least 33 militants were killed and 16 others were wounded during the clearance operations conducted jointly by the Afghan national security forces. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the militants were killed or wounded in the past 24 hours in various provinces of the country. A statement by MoD said at least 21 of Read the full article...

A 12-year-old child assigned for a suicide mission surrendered himself to the security forces in the eastern Nangarhar province of AFghanistan. According to the local security officials, the child was recently taken to Jalalabad city from the neighboring Pakistan for the suicide mission. Provincial police chief Fazal Ahmad Shirzad said the child was trained in Read the full article...

Three senior Taliban commanders were killed together with their eleven fighters during a gun battle with the Afghan security forces in the restive southeastern Ghazni province. According to the local security officials the Taliban commanders were identified as Zalmai, Fedayi and Ghulam Rasool who were killed after attacking the security posts in Gilan district. Provincial Read the full article...

A strike by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has left two militants killed in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province. A statement released by the media office of Nangarhar Police Headquarters says the militants were targeted in Janjal Ghondi area at 2 pm on Tuesday. Although, the press release does not specifically say the attack was Read the full article...

The Afghan intelligence operatives have arrested a group of 4 suspected militants in connection to terrorist related activities in capital Kabul, mainly involved in planting Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the intelligence operatives seized 2 magnetic bombs and a vehicle from the detained militants. NDS further added that the Read the full article...

Taliban on Wednesday said they are willing to start the process of swapping prisoners with government. A statement released by the group, undersigned by one of its spokesperson Qari Mohammad Yousuf Ahmadi, states that they have prepared a mechanism which could be applied through a commission in an environment of confidence. The statement further states Read the full article...

The Government of Japan has contributed over USD 63.654 million to the Government of Afghanistan to support improvement of irrigation systems and rural access in Afghanistan. The funding, contributed through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), administered by the World Bank, will support the following two on-going projects, which are essential to meet the country’s Read the full article...

Shortly after reports emerged regarding the arrest of top Taliban dissident leader Mullah Mohammad Rasool in Pakistan, his deputy rejected the reports as ‘enemy propaganda’. Mullah Rasool’s deputy Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi has said Mullah Rasool is in Afghanistan and leading his fighters. Niazi further added that his group’s survival did not depend on one Read the full article...

Additional security measures have been taken at a number of major U.S. cities and airports after a deadly attack –claimed by the Islamic State (IS)—left over 130 people killed and wounded in Belgium’s capital Brussels. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are among the cities which beefed up their security although officials said there were Read the full article...