Новости по теме Afghanistan

Obama makes surprise Afghanistan visit US President Barack Obama promised a decision on post-2014 troop numbers in Afghanistan "fairly shortly", after paying a surprise visit to soldiers fighting the last battles of America's longest war.

26 May 2014

Kazakhstan to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan Kazakhstan will render $2 million worth of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan this year.

20 May 2014

Taliban offensive opens with rocket attack on Kabul airport The Taliban launched their annual "spring offensive" on Monday by firing rockets at Kabul airport, but the attack missed its target and caused no casualties, Afghan officials said.

12 May 2014

Afghanistan signs satellite deal to boost booming media Afghanistan started using its first ever satellite on Saturday in a bid to boost its national broadcasting and telecommunications infrastructure as well as its international connectivity.

11 May 2014

Rakhat Confectionary to expand to China and South Korea Rakhat, a major Kazakhstani confectionary company, plans to expand into foreign markets.

10 May 2014

350 dead, hundreds missing in Afghan landslide village More than 300 people were killed and hundreds of others feared dead after a landslide buried an Afghan village, officials said, as rescue teams on Saturday rushed to the scene in the hope of finding any survivors.

03 May 2014

Three foreigners dead at Kabul hospital as guard opens fire A guard at a Kabul hospital run by a US charity opened fire on staff Thursday, killing three foreigners including a doctor, in the latest attack targeting international civilians in the Afghan capital.

24 April 2014

Kazakhstan and Great Britain sign documents on cargo transit from Afghanistan Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov and Baroness Warsi, Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, met in Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital city.

16 April 2014

Four killed in landslide in northern Afghanistan: officials A landslide triggered by heavy rains and a small earthquake swept through two villages in northern Afghanistan killing four people and destroying around 100 houses, officials said Saturday.

13 April 2014

Karzai votes in Afghan polls to choose his successor Afghan President Hamid Karzai cast his vote Saturday in the election that marks the start of his country's first-ever democratic transfer of power, as he steps down after serving the maximum two terms in office.

05 April 2014

Russian Iskander missiles on Kazakhstan border meant to put pressure on United States Russian missiles on Kazakhstan border - experts express their opinion.

04 April 2014

Two female Western journalists shot in Afghanistan, one dead: police A female Western journalist was shot dead and another wounded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on Friday, on the eve of the country's presidential election, police said.

04 April 2014

Multiple suicide attack in east Afghan city kills three At least six Taliban suicide attackers stormed a police station in the centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Thursday, killing three people in a major assault ahead of the presidential election.

20 March 2014

Bin Laden son-in-law tells US trial of 9/11 cave chat Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for masterminding 9/11 on the night of the attacks, his son-in-law said Wednesday as he unexpectedly testified at his federal trial in New York on terror charges.

20 March 2014

Suicide attack kills 15 in north Afghanistan: officials A suicide bomber on a three-wheeled motorbike killed at least 15 people at a crowded market in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, as security is ramped up ahead of presidential elections.

18 March 2014

Afghan president welcomes third child at age of 56 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has become a father again at the age of 56 after his wife gave birth to their third child in India.

07 March 2014

Karzai's brother withdraws from Afghan election The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday dropped out of the country's election and endorsed Zalmai Rassoul, a move widely seen as signalling the current leader's prefered choice of successor.

06 March 2014

NATO airstrike kills five Afghan soldiers: Afghan officials A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers, government officials said, while the coalition said it was investigating reports of the incident.

06 March 2014

Next Afghan leader will sign security pact: Kerry The next president of Afghanistan will sign a security pact with the United States despite the refusal of outgoing leader Hamid Karzai, Secretary of State John Kerry confidently predicted.

27 February 2014

Obama warns Afghan president of full troop withdrawal President Barack Obama told Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that he is now planning for a full US troop withdrawal because of the Afghan leader's repeated refusal to sign a security pact.

26 February 2014

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