Khaama Press: An Afghan Air Force (AAF) trainee who vanished from an Air Force base in United States together with his colleague has been located, it has been reported. The two Afghan Air Force (AAF) trainees, Shirzad Rohullah and Mirwais Kohistani, vanished from Moody Air Force base in south Georgia nearly six weeks ago. Quoting the Department
Aleteia: Rula Ghani is part of the 0.3 percent listed as “other.” She is the wife of Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani. And she is Christian. Born in 1948 in Lebanon of a Maronite Christian family, Rula Saade studied in Paris and received a master’s degree in political studies from the American University in Beirut. Click here to read more
Khaama Press: “The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan condemns the Hydrogen Bomb test by North Korea on January 06, 2016, and considers it against all United Nations Security Council Resolutions,” a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: Reports suggest that guns were fired in Taftan area of Chagai District near the border with Iran which left two Afghans wounded on Sunday evening. Following the gun battle, seven Afghans were taken to an undisclosed location, said Taftan Assistant Commissioner Murad Kasi. Click here to read more (external link).
Army Times: About 1,800 US soldiers from two separate units will deploy to the war zone in the coming months, the Army announced Friday. About 1,300 soldiers will deploy to Iraq this spring to support Operation Inherent Resolve. The other 500 soldiers will deploy to Afghanistan for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 5, 2016 An explosion has been heard in an area that houses several foreign consulate buildings in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, local officials say. Attaullah Khugyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said on January 5 that there were no immediate reports of casualties from the blast, which
1TV: Twelve senior officials in Afghanistan’s central Parwan province including its governor were taken to the hospital after they fell ill from gas smelling on Monday morning, officials confirmed. It was not immediately clear if the act was deliberately done. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: India has handed over three attack helicopters to Afghanistan as fighting rages in the country, a security official told 1TV on Tuesday. The delivery of the Russian-built helicopters marks first combat equipment from India to Afghanistan in years. Click here to read more (external link).
Wales Online: SaddleAid, which is based in Tŷ Croes on Anglesey, initially designed and piloted the inflatable saddle in 2012 to help transport women in labour in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan after reading a story online. Click here to read more (external link).
CBS News: An Afghan-American woman (Lisa Marie Akbari) who worked for an NGO in Kabul was killed Sunday night by someone with ties to terrorism, an Afghan official said. The suspect was wounded and is in a coma at a local hospital. Click here to read more (external link).