AOPNEWS | January 28, 2016 Khost: One civilian and five others were wounded when an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) went off inside a drug store in the provincial capital around midday today. Baghlan: A teenage girl was injured after three rockets were fired by militants into a residential area of Pul-e Khumri. Jowzjan: Dozens of
AOPNEWS | January 28, 2016 Afghanistan’s U19 (under 19) team lost to Pakistan today by 6 wickets (with 111 balls remaining) in a ICC U19 World Cup match. The 50-over match was played at Bangladesh’s Sylhet Stadium. Pakistan won the coin toss and chose to field. Afghanistan managed to only score 126 runs, at a
AOPNEWS | January 27, 2016 Helmand – Afghan officials say that Taliban militants gunned down 4 de-miners in Gerishk district. Nangarhar – Seven members of DAESH were arrested by provincial police after raids were made in Achin, Kot and Rodat districts. Also, officials said that a drone attack by the US military killed 5 militants,
AOPNEWS | January 26, 2016 Afghanistan’s national Kung Fu team is currently in Kermanshah, Iran to compete in the Asian Kung Fu Championship, which started yesterday and will finish on Saturday, January 30th. The Afghan team, which consists of 17 martial artists, including 3 women left Kabul yesterday for Iran. Three coaches and two referees
AOPNEWS | January 25, 2016 Poverty, lack of adequate facilities and medical care in Afghanistan’s remote areas, and the cold weather is making it easy for diseases like pneumonia to kill people, especially children in Afghanistan. Health officials in Faryab province told Afghanistan’s Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) today that 2000 children have so far been
AOPNEWS | January 14, 2016 Afghanistan’s national women’s football (soccer) team (Lionesses of Khorasan) will participate in the upcoming 2016 South Asian Games (SAG). Yesterday, the fixtures for the women’s competition were released, and Afghanistan and Bangladesh have been grouped with host country India in Group A. Group B will consist of Maldives, Nepal and
AOPNEWS | January 14, 2016 The Taliban faction loyal to Mullah Mansur posted on their website yesterday a report with a photo of what appears to be members of Afghanistan’s military who have allegedly surrendered themselves to the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province. Per the Taliban report, the ‘personnel’ includes 13 soldiers, 13 policemen, six
AOPNEWS | January 10, 2016 Afghanistan’s weightlifters won 8 medals (7 gold and 1 bronze) in the recently concluded Subrata Classic Open International Powerlifting, Benchpress and Deadlift Championship. The event was held from January 4 – January 9 in Jamshedur India, and was hosted by the Indian Powerlifting Federation. The medal winners were Abdul Samad
AOPNEWS | January 8, 2016 An athlete becomes great in his sport if he pays close attention to his weaknesses and continuously works to improve on them. A true champion takes a weakness and turns it into a strength. That’s what it look like Afghan MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter Siyar “The Great” Bahadurzada is doing
AOPNEWS | January 8, 2016 Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe today by 5 runs in the first of a two series T20I match at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Afghanistan won the coin toss and chose to bat first. Afghanistan managed to score 187 runs (7 wickets; 20 overs). No Afghan batter scored over