With this figure, the country recorded the lowest in more than two months, Reuters cited data from the health ministry.
The South Asian country's total COVID-19 case load now stands at 29.4 million.
India added 4,002 deaths overnight, according to official data.
It pushed the total fatalities to 367,081, the data added.
Despite the decrease in cases, India still has the highest COVID-19 infections after the United...
Five people who were returning from a wedding party to home were abducted and killed by unknown armed men in Kabul province's Paghman district, police confirmed.
the attack took place last night in Arghandi area of Paghman district, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said.
Police blames Taliban for the attack.
The group has yet to comment.
Paghman district is situated in the western part of Kabul with a...
The organization has voiced concern over a surge in COVID-19 cases, warning the situation could get out of control without immediate international support.
“Afghanistan’s Covid-19 case numbers have been steadily increasing and these latest figures are of grave concern. It’s clear that the country has been hit by the third wave of Covid-19 and without urgent international support to contain this surge, the situation...
He was also Former Deputy Minister of Information and Culture.
Saber Momand, the ministry’s spokesman, confirmed his death, saying Mr. Bawari passed away last night after battling illness since past few days.
Mohammad Rasool Bawari, was former Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and a lecturer at Kabul University, left a legacy of numerous scholarly works and articles....
Afghanistan played against Oman on Friday at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar.
The result was 1-1 in the first half with Abdullah Fawaz from Oman scoring at 14th minute and Omid Popalzai at the 23rd minute for Afghanistan.
Abdullah Fawaz scored the second goal at 52nd minute of the second half-time.
With second place confirmed, Oman play bottom-placed Bangladesh in their final game.
The win takes...
In a statement released Thursday, the U.N. agency has condemned the “deeply-shocking attack” on the Halo Trust organization’s workers who were attacked by gunmen on Tuesday.
“All parties to the conflict have a fundamental responsibility to safeguard humanitarians in the areas they control,” the Kabul-based mission said. “Yet it is clear that certain parties & people within their ranks are deliberately targeting them.”
It called...
A bridge in Pashton-Zarghon district of Herat province was destroyed after being blown up on Wednesday evening, said office of the provincial governor.
Government officials have blamed Taliban to be responsible.
But the Taliban officials have yet to comment.
The armed group had also previously destroyed bridges in bids to prevent Afghan forces operations....
U.S. President Joe Biden and his top national security aides had also previously suggested that once U.S. troops left Afghanistan, air support would end as well, with the exception of strikes aimed at terrorist groups that could harm U.S. interests.
But military officials are actively discussing how they might respond if the rapid withdrawal produces consequences with substantial national security implications.
No decisions have been...
Chief negotiators and some members of the negotiation teams from both, the Afghan government and the Taliban, met on Tuesday evening, agreeing on stepping up peace talks and items of agenda, officials from both sides confirmed in similar statements.
“A meeting was held yesterday evening between the heads of the both Intra-Afghan negotiation teams and a number of its members,” said the Afghan negotiation...
Under the article 21 of by-laws of the establishment and labor law, organizations are not permitted to terminate employees coercively, Mujib Khelwatgar, Director General of NAI media watchdog, told TKG.
It violates by-laws and contradicts country’s labor law if any organization commits forced termination of its employees, he added.
The organization for supporting open media in Afghanistan calls on the Ministry of Information and Culture...
