The country’s total caseload now stands at 29.1 million, health ministry reported. India’s COVID-19 death toll on Wednesday stood at 353,528-mark after 2,219 additional deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours. This week India’s capital New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai began a gradual easing of restrictions on Monday as coronavirus infections in the country fell to a two-month low....
Afghan Special Forces on Tuesday carried out overnight operation in Dara-e Noor district of country’s eastern Nangarhar province, read a statement by Special Forces unit known as “02”. According to the statement, Yousuf Khan, member of the armed group was arrested during the operation. He was involved in assassination and abduction of government employees in Kabul and Nangarhar province, the statement added. The group has yet...
Rohullah Ahmadzai, a ministry’s spokesman, spoke with TKG, saying a military helicopter of M-17 type has crashed in Jaghato district of Maidan Wardak province. Three people on crew were killed and another one wounded in the crash, he said. The cause of the crash was announced to be technical snags, according to the spokesman. Taliban officials, however, claim they have brought down the chopper. Zabihullah Mujahed, a...
Armed Taliban last night around 10:00 local time stormed camp of the mine-clearing workers in Sheikh Jalal area of Baghlan-e Markazi (Central Baghlan) district of the province, said interior ministry’s spokesman Tariq Arian. According to him, 10 deminers were killed and 14 others wounded as fighters opened fire at them. “The Taliban continue to commit crimes,” he added. Jawed Besharat, spokesman for the provincial police chief,...
A train smashed into derailed carriages of another train on Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring over 100. The toll rose to 56 after bodies were retrieved overnight from mangled coaches strewn across the tracks, Pakistan Railways spokeswoman Nazia Jabeen told Reuters. Another 23 injured passengers are still under treatment, she said, adding the rest of them were sent to their destinations. Rescue operations...
Armed Taliban on Monday stormed Ab Band district of Ghazni province, said governor’s spokesman Wahidullah Jumazada, but they faced Afghan forces. The fighting inflicted causalities to both sides. At least 14 Taliban fighters were killed and seven others wounded in hours-long clashes with government forces, the spokesman said. The clashes also inflicted casualties to Afghan forces, killing three soldiers and wounding another two. Afghan forces made a...
According to health ministry spokesman, Mirwais Alizai, as many as 56 more patients have died after contracting the coronavirus disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 3,313. Also, as many as 1,724 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 83,129. Some 571 patients have recovered from the virus during the 24-hours period. It pushed the overall toll of...
Residents of Badakhshan province on Tuesday, June 8, took to streets to protest against insecurity and lack of water and electricity, but the protests turned violent. Protestors have said police opened fire at them when they approached the governor’s office. Local officials, however, accuse the protesters of engaging in unrest and resorting to violence. Nek Mohammad Nazari, provincial governor’s spokesman, said protestors stormed the governor’s office...
The study was prepared in May 2020 by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and was referred to by the State Department when it conducted an inquiry into the pandemic's origins during the final months of the Trump administration, the WSJ report said. Lawrence Livermore's assessment drew on a genomic analysis of the COVID-19 virus, the Journal said. Lawrence Livermore declined to comment on the...
The country's total caseload now stands at 28,996,473. India's COVID-19 death toll on Tuesday surpassed the 351,000-mark after 2,123 additional deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours. India's capital New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai began a gradual easing of restrictions on Monday as coronavirus infections in the country fell to a two-month low. (Source: AFP & Reuters) ...