Afghanistan launched its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday last week, with representatives from healthcare, media and Afghan forces receiving the first shots.
Following the capital, the vaccine campaign was kicked off in other provinces.
According to health ministry’s data, at least 4,634 people have been vaccinated since the start of the vaccination drive.
The ministry said as many as 2,238 healthcare workers, including...
Iran is investigating the death incident, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Islamabad has handed over the body of one of the victims, according to the ministry.
Protests erupted following Monday’s shooting of two people who were carrying fuel across the border. The protests spread from the city of Saravan to other areas in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, including the capital, Zahedan.
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Mr. Lavrov made the remarks Friday at meeting with his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Hanif Atmar who was in Russia upon an official visit to the country.
The Taliban removal from blacklist requires the group to make progresses in the peace negotiations, said Russian Foreign Minister cited by Afghan Ministry of Foreign Ministry.
Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Afghan Foreign Minister, meanwhile, reiterated the role of Russia in...
According to a statement released by the department, the route was blocked to trucks loaded with supplies, known as cargo trucks, while smaller cars were allowed only when they follow required measures.
It has asked drivers and passengers to have essential items when traveling.
The Salang Highway is one of the largest highways in the country, connecting Kabul with at least nine provinces in the...
A remote-controlled explosive device was placed near a mosque in Shah Shaheed, Kabul, Saturday morning, provincial police spokesman Ferdaws Farmarz said.
The bomb was found and defused by Kabul police, he added.
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 U.S. administration under President Biden provided the long-awaited declassified intelligence report to Congress ahead of its public release on Friday.
"We assess that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi," the report read.
Saudi Arabia, however, said it rejected completely “the negative, false and unacceptable” assessment of the report.
“The government...
In a statement released Friday, the Presidential Palace said that Prime Minister of the United Kingdom reiterated his country’s longstanding support for the Afghan peace process, boosting regional diplomacy for the ongoing peace efforts as well as support of the Afghan security and defense forces.
Both expressed concern over the high levels of violence in the country, reiterating needs for permanent ceasefire.
It comes as second...
Two residents of Herat province’s Enjil district named Baz Mohammad and Asif were gunned down by unknown gunmen Wednesday around 4:20pm as they had left for another village in the district, said Ahad Walizada, the provincial police spokesman.
He added that they were on way when armed men opened fire at them.
Baz Mohammad, who was said to be a teacher, lost his life while...
“In the interest of achieving mutually beneficial and sustainable peace along the borders, the two DGsMO agreed to address each other’s core issues and concerns which have propensity to disturb peace and lead to violence,” a joint statement said, referring to the military operations heads of the two countries.
The nuclear-armed neighbours signed a ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) - the...
According to Afghan health ministry, at least four more patients have died after contracting the disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 2,442.
Also, as many as 16 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 55,696.
The new infection cases were registered in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Takhar, Baghlan, Kunduz, Nimroz, Helmand, Daikundi, Kunar and Nuristan provinces.
Some 49,281...
