The initial results, according to Jamal Orf, head of the campaign, show that Raisi had obtained 17.8 million votes.
Mohsen Rezaei Mirqaed has 3.3 million votes so far while Abdolnaser Hemmati and Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh have respectively secured 2.4 million and one million votes, according to initial results.
Though the final results have yet to be announced, Rezaei, Hemmati and Ghazizadeh have already congratulated Raisi on...
In a statement released Saturday, June 19, the Administrative Office of President announced the appointment of new acting ministers.
According to the statement, at separate decrees, President has appointed Besmillah Mohammadi as acting defense minister and Abdul Satar Mirzakwal as acting minister of interior.
Hayatullah Hayat, former acting interior minister, has been appointed as acting minister of rural rehabilitation and development, the statement read.
Replaced by...
Afghan forces have defused two IEDs in Qala-e Muhabat Khan area of Kabul’s Paghman district, provincial police said.
There was no claim of responsibility for the plot.
Afghanistan, already gripped by decades-long war and violence, has been witnessing a rise in bomb attacks.
The attacks, often without claim of responsibility, claims lives of civilians mostly....
The country’s total caseload now stands at 29.82 million, health ministry reported cited by Reuters.
India’s COVID-19 death toll stood at 385,137-mark.
The total deaths rose by 1,647 additional deaths in the past 24 hours.
Maharashtra leads the states with the highest number of infections followed by Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
The daily positivity rate stands at 2.98 per cent—the 12th consecutive day it...
Mr. Ahmad Khan gave his solemn undertaking and formally took office as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during a ceremony held at the Seat of the Court in The Hague, The Netherlands.
He is a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was elected as ICC Prosecutor on 12 February 2021, for a nine-year term, at the...
The bus services that are active in AhmadShah Baba Meena and Kart-e Naw areas will be suspended in attempts to contain the spread of COVID-19, a statement by Kabul Municipality read.
The decision will take effect on Saturday, June 19.
The Municipality also urged other public transport services to reduce in ridership.
Afghanistan is battling a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Afghan authorities calling...
The explosion took place Thursday afternoon around 2:45 in Qala-e Najara area of the capital, read a statement by the provincial police, leaving no casualties.
Police investigations were underway, according to the police statement, and the findings will be shared.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack....
The neighboring country is supplying medical gear, including ventilators, oxygen cylinders and concentrators, thermal guns, PPEs and other equipment to Afghanistan to fight the COVID-19, said Ambassador Sadiq Khan, the Pakistani envoy to Afghanistan.
The medical supplies is set to arrive to Afghanistan today, according to Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Afghanistan on Thursday reported 2,313 new coronavirus cases and 101 related deaths—the highest daily rise...
Afghan Special Forces on Wednesday carried out two overnight operation in Behsood district of country’s eastern Nangarhar province, read a statement by Special Forces unit known as “02”.
According to the statement, Abdul Qayum and Abdul Waris, members of the armed group were arrested along with two other suspects during the operations.
The suspects were responsible for targeted killings.
The group has yet to comment.
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The country tested 6,092 people in the past 24 hours.
The ministry of public health reported the test of 2,313 came back positive, with 101 related deaths—the highest daily deaths since the outbreak entered the country.
The additional 2,312 new COVID-19 cases pushed the country’s total cases to 98,844 while the total death stood at 3,943 as there was daily rise of 101 deaths in...
