Key World Events In 2015

This past year was one marred by war and humanitarian crisis – a year that also saw a spike in terror attacks around the world – the first being the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris. Here is a panorama of world events in 2015. - January - - 7 to 9: FRANCE - Seventeen people are slaughtered...

25 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar air strikes

25 militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) or Daesh group have been killed and 31 others wounded in two air strikes in eastern Nangarhar province. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Thursday, the precise strikes were carried out in past 24 hours based on...

ISIS photo purports to show captured Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have released a photograph which purportedly shows a group of Taliban fighters captured apparently during a clash in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The photograph was shared by the affiliates of the terror group...

Unidentified armed men gun down woman in Sar-e-Pul�s Kohistanat District

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a newly married woman in Kohistanat District of northern Sar-e-Pul province. Akhtar Bibi, 40, had been imprisoned on adultery charges for one year. Upon release from jail, she married a relative and continued ordinary life in her village. Reports suggest that she...

ISIS's Future Ideology; Maintaining Caliphate

Generally, ISIS is considered as a significant and at the same time key element of the Takfiri school of thought across the world, and in terms of principles and ideological roots, the group is not different from movements such as Al-Qaeda. But some ideological characteristics like being anti-Shiite,...

Firozi Bribed Officials For Housing Project: MP

Referring to a housing scheme contract with one of the main criminals of Kabul Bank which was later cancelled by President Ashraf Ghani, a member of Parliament claimed on Sunday that senior government officials were bribed by Khalilullah Firozi in order to get the project."Khalilullah Firozi has...

Bomb downed Russia plane in Egypt: Investigator

The sound heard in the last cockpit recording of a Russian passenger plane which recently crashed in Egypt was caused by a bomb explosion, an investigator says. "The indications and analysis so far of the sound on the black box indicate it was a bomb," a member of the Egyptian team...

Afghans Disappointed with New Coalitions, Divisions

In mid-September 2015, the old scenario of “discord and unity” between the Afghan political groups and parties has been escalated once again. Meanwhile, formation of a new political party, the Council of Jihad and National Political Parties, which consists of leaders of eight major political...

Women Among Seven Beheaded in Zabul

All seven kidnapped passengers, including three women have been beheaded by Daesh militants in southern Zabul, said the security officials.They were the residents of Ghazni province and were kidnapped in Zabul a few months ago when they were on the way to their province, said Jailani Farahi, police...

Ghani Questions Effectiveness of Past Decade Investments

President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday questioned the standard of constructions and investment of billions of dollars in Kabul over the past decade. Addressing the second National Conference on Urban Development in Kabul, Ghani said that 70 percent of the constructions in Kabul were non-standard. He...

Israeli forces kill two more Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in their latest acts of violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories. The first shooting occurred on Sunday near a junction south of the city of Nablus, with Israeli forces claiming that the victim had rammed...

India ruling party loses major state election

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has conceded defeat after failing to win the majority of seats in a crucial election in the populous state of Bihar. On Sunday, India’s election commission said an alliance of parties, linked to main opposition Congress party, running...

Iran to US defense chief: Mind your words

Iran’s defense minister has warned his American counterpart to mind his words, following accusations by the US official that the Islamic Republic is militarily active in certain countries in the Middle East. “US Secretary of Defense [Ashton Carter] had better go over his past...

80 killed in fighting between Taliban rival groups

Around 80 militants have been killed and 30 others injured in fierce clashes between two rival Taliban groups in the troubled southern Afghanistan, security sources say. Ghulam Jilani Farahi, the deputy police chief for the southern Zabul Province said on Sunday that the skirmish took place between...

Abdullah Calls For Urgent Aid to Quake-Hit Areas

Just hours after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan on Monday afternoon, CEO Abdullah Abdullah held an emergency meeting and then addressed the nation on the situation. He also called on aid agencies and other organizations to help with urgent aid to those affected. Centered in...

20 Killed and 229 Injured In Powerful Afghanistan Earthquake

Health officials confirmed on Monday afternoon that the 7.5 magnitude earthquake, with its epicenter in Jurm district of northern Badakhshan province, has so far killed at least 20 people. Officials have also said that at least 229 people have been injured accross the country. Of them, 70 people...

Millions Lost To Pakistan By Afghan Trade Sector: ACCI

Deeply concerned over continued trade and transit disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Monday accused Pakistan of not abiding by its commitments over the Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade and Transit Agreement (APTTA). Pakistan,...

More than 100 Afghans arrested in Pakistan�s Balochistan

Security agencies have detained more than 100 Afghans in a raid in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Officials say the group of 108 Afghan nationals had illegally entered Pakistan in Nokkudin area of Chaghi District. Pakistan toughened its crackdown on Afghan refugees after a deadly attack on an air...

Afghanistan defeats Zimbabwe in first T20 following historic ODI win

The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Zimbabwe in the first match of Twenty20 cricket match following their historic win in One Day International (ODI) series. Zimbabwe set a target of 154 runs from 20 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat first by losing 5 wickets. The Afghan...

Russia airstrikes in Syria very effective: US general

A retired highly-decorated US Air Force general says the Russian air campaign in Syria is “very definitely effective” because it has been targeting militant groups fighting the Syrian armed forces. “Russia means business,” retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney told The...

President Assad, Oman FM meet in Damascus

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met with Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah in Damascus, with efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis topping the agenda of their talks, a report says. The meeting took place on Monday in the Syrian capital, where both sides also...

Abbas� loyalty in Karbala

Abbas Qamar-e-Banu Hashim (the Moon of the Hashimites), who was next only to the Holy Imam in charge of the Holy Imam’s camp, after a very strenuous fight with the enemy at the river, got a sack of water but when the sack filled with water was placed before the thirsty children, the poor innocents...

The Melancholy of Muharram

Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar is upon us, and the muslim community will no doubt engage in observing and respecting it given their own individuated leanings and religiosities. Melancholy isn’t exactly a word on anybody’s lips during the start of the Islamic year. But...

Israeli forces arrest two dozen Palestinians in East al-Quds

Israeli forces have arrested two dozen Palestinians during a series of raids on a number of houses across the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem). Mohammad Mahmoud, a lawyer for the Ad-Dameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, said Israeli military vehicles stormed the al-Suwanna...

Bombing claims 10 lives in Pakistani Shia mosque

A bomb attack targeting a Shia mosque in southwestern Pakistan has left at least 10 people dead and 12 others injured, officials say. The incident occurred on Thursday in the town of Chalgari, located some 170 kilometers (105 miles) southeast of Balochistan’s provincial capital, Quetta. Shia...

For the love of Hussain

Earlier this month, as Shia Muslims around the world mourned the martyrdom of Imam Hussain—the grandson of Islam’s Prophet who was assassinated at the Battle of Karbala in 680—a small town in Pakistan’s Sindh province offered scenes of interfaith osmosis that date back several...

John Kerry urges Netanyahu to end violence against Palestinians

US Secretary of State John Kerry has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Germany, calling for an immediate end to "all incitement" and "violence" against the Palestinians. "It is absolutely critical to end all incitement, to end all violence and to find a road forward to build...

Russia launched 100+ strikes at Daesh positions in Syria

Russia has conducted over 100 airstrikes against the positions of the Daesh terrorist group across Syria over the past week, striking 110 targets and triggering panic among other terror groups, says the Russian Defense Ministry. Russian air force jet fighters have carried...

Talks with US banned because of disadvantages: Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says holding negotiations with the US is banned as it has countless disadvantages and no benefits. The Leader made the remarks in a meeting with commanders and staff members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy...

Ethnic and religious challenges in West Asia

At the time of drawing the map of the Middle East in the last two centuries, the boundary lines were established so that meet the interests of French and England as the old colonial powers historical facts, geographical, ethnic and religious are missed in drawing the boundaries. Therefore, these borders...