Donald Henry Rumsfeld, American politician and businessman, had served as the United States Secretary of Defense under U.S. Republican Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush.
Rumsfeld’s family confirmed his death in a statement on Wednesday.
“It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather,” read the...
Members of the NATO agreed in mid-April to wrap up their 9,600-strong mission in Afghanistan following U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement to end Washington’s longest war.
“Last night, the Italian mission in Afghanistan officially ended,” Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini said in a statement cited by AFP.
“However, the international community’s commitment to Afghanistan, starting with Italy, does not end here,” the statement read. “It...
Aqdas, a government official, had received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine of the AstraZeneca type two months ago.
The government employee says now that she wants to get her second shot of the Indian-developed vaccine in her arm, there is no AstraZeneca vaccine available in health centers and they inoculate the Chinese vaccine of Sinovac.
Fazel Mohammad, a Kabul resident who works for...
Destruction of power towers caused by explosions and clashes between government forces and Taliban have caused blackout to Kabul and other provinces for several weeks in a row.
Sangar Niazi, spokesman for the Afghan power utility company—Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, says it a power pylon was blown up in Jangal Bagh area of Parwan province, country’s central province, marking the 36th pylon to be...
In a twitter thread on Wednesday, U.S. Chargé da’Affaires Ross Wilson, referring to a Taliban escalation of violence and offensives, called on the group to put a stop to violence and return to the negotiations.
“As we see media reporting and firsthand accounts of Taliban offensives and targeted attacks on civilian populations in Afghanistan, we call on the Taliban to end the ongoing violence...
According to health ministry, as many as 91 more patients have died after contracting the COVID-19 disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 4,962.
Also, as many as 1,557 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 120,216.
Some 996 patients have recovered from the virus during the 24-hours period.
Afghanistan is currently battling a third wave of the...
The new daily cases pushed India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 30,362,848.
India's coronavirus-related deaths rose by 817 overnight.
The death count increased to 398,454 with new fatalities, according to the data.
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The pullout comes as part of the U.S. and NATO withdrawal plan set to be done by September 11.
"Our last troops left Afghanistan this night after almost 20 years and are on their way home," German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said in a statement cited by Reuters.
"This is the end of a historic chapter, of an intensive mission which has tested the Bundeswehr...
The explosion took place in the second district of the city, according to governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani, wounding four people—all civilians.
It follows Monday’s explosion which targeted car carrying workers of a charity organization in Jalalabad city.
One was killed and five four others, including two of the organization’s female employees, were wounded in the explosion.
No one has claimed responsibility for these attacks....
Also, 77 people died of COVID-19 in the previous 24-hours period, bringing the nationwide deaths to 4,871.
Health ministry’s data showed that coronavirus that 811 patients got better in the 24-hours period.
It comes as Tuesday the ministry denied reports that schools, universities and educational centers would reopen next week.
As coronavirus cases began to surge, all educational centers, including schools and universities were announced shut.
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