According to health ministry, as many as 84 more patients have died after contracting the COVID-19 disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 5,561.
Also, as many as 1,226 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 131,586.
Some 1,241 patients have recovered from the virus during the 24-hours period.
Afghanistan is currently battling a third wave of the...
The Taliban delegation, led by chief negotiator Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, departed from Doha to Iran’s capital to meet Afghan government officials, including former Vice President Younus Qanooni and others from the High Council for National Reconciliation.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif assured of his country’s support to Afghan peace process, saying Iran was “ready to assist the dialogue” and to “resolve the...
At around 1:00am on Wednesday, July 7, the residence of Haitian President came under attack by a group of unidentified people, including some speaking Spanish, who mortally wounded the head of state, read the statement released by Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph’s office.
The First Lady suffered bullet injuries and was in hospital, it added.
Joseph said he was now in charge of the country.
Condemning...
Armed Taliban on Wednesday morning entered Badghis’ provincial capital of Qala-e-Naw, said Abdul Aziz Beg, head of the provincial council, adding clashes were ongoing between government forces and the group fighters.
According to him, most territories in the capital had been taken by the armed group following its attack.
As many as 200 inmates, including Taliban members, managed to flee the provincial prison, Mr. Beg...
Seven facilities have officially been handed over to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in U.S. forces drawdown update as of July 5.
“[The] U.S. Central Command estimates that we have completed between 30-44 percent of the entire retrograde process,” it said on Tuesday.
“Since the President's decision, the DoD has retrograded the equivalent of approximately 984 C-17 loads of material...
A Taliban delegation led by its chief negotiator Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai is in Iran upon the neighboring country’s official invitation, Mohammad Naeem, a Taliban spokesman took to Twitter on Wednesday.
He is set to meet Afghan politicians today to discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and finding ways out to issues through dialogue.
Representatives from the Taliban group has several times visited Iran, with...
An Antonov An-26 plane with 22 passengers and six crew members, flying from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the town of Palana, missed a scheduled communication, local emergency officials said cited by The Associated Press.
The plane also disappeared from radar.
The plane was owned by a company called Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise whose director, Alexei Khabarov, told the Interfax news agency that the plane was...
The U.N. SG’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of its Kabul based assistance mission, Deborah Lyons, on Monday met the Taliban negotiation team in Doha, discussing the Afghan peace process and the U.N. support for the process.
“Peace negotiations should be genuine and prioritized as the only way to end the conflict and bring hope to the Afghan people,” the U.N. agency took...
Police forces in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul found and defused an IED placed inside a flower pot in the fifth district of the city in Kot-e Sangi area.
According to the provincial police spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz, the IED was discovered around 8:00am and defused before going off.
There were similar plots in the past that police foiled.
No one has claimed responsibility, nor was there any...
Provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani has denied Taliban “baseless” claims that the armed group had captured Hesarak district, a strategic district in the west of Nangarhar province.
According to him, the district center was relocated as per the residents and provincial military council’s decision.
The district center was relocated as residential houses were in its nearby.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, took to Twitter late on...
