Afghanistan on Tuesday launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign aimed at inoculating hundreds of thousands. (AP/PTI Photo/Representative)
- Doctors, security personnel, and journalists were among the first volunteers to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- "This is a big opportunity for the people of Afghanistan," said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
- Officially, Afghanistan has recorded just 55,600 COVID-19 cases and about 2,430 deaths
Security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP/PTI File Photo)
- The video was from Kabul blast site on Sunday in which two people were killed and five others were wounded
- The video, taken in the immediate aftermath, shows bodies bloodied and blackened lying on the asphalt
- Two small children can be seen crying over an unconscious woman in the video that has sparked fresh outrage
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Biden administration does not want Afghanistan to become a safe haven for terrorist groups. (Photo Credit: Twitter/@SecDef)
- An agreement between the US and the Taliban called for a permanent ceasefire in Afghanistan
- Currently, there are 2,500 US troops in Afghanistan
- Lloyd Austin said the US is committed to a responsible and sustainable end to the war
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that the internal peace process indicated a long-standing political solution in the Asian nation. (Photo Credit: Representational Image/Unsplash)
- Nearly 3,500 troops from New Zealand, throughout the last 20 years, have been deployed in Afghanistan
- Currently a total of six personnel are deployed in its mission to Afghanistan
- NATO Secretary General Jens Soltenberg said earlier this week that the group was not considering a withdrawl right now
The war in Afghanistan and withdrawal plans are expected to be among the most pressing issues discussed during an upcoming NATO summit. (Photo Credit: AP/PTI)
- Taliban called for the Americans to stick to the agreement ironed out in Qatar last year
- The agreement paved the way for ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and the Kabul government
- Pentagon has accused the Taliban of not fulfilling promises that include reducing attacks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo credit: File)
- The Prime Minister took to Twitter to thank Afghan artist Hamdullah Arbab, who had posted a portrait of him
- The Prime Minister signed off his post with "Long live Afghan-Indian friendship!"
- India and Afghanistan recently signed a deal for building a dam to supply water to Kabul city
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks. (Photo Credit: Representational Image/AP/PTI)
- Police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told reporters that two people were killed and one was wounded
- Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said that one of those killed was a district police chief in Kabul
- The violence comes a day after militants shot dead four government employees in an ambush in Kabul
A member of Taliban negotiation delegation at the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. (Photo Credit: AP/PTI)
- 'I see it as a withdrawal agreement with no elements of peace,' former Pakistani diplomat Husain Haqqani said
- Haqqani said that the definition of peace for the Taliban is very different from that of the US
- The US had agreed to withdraw 12,500 troops within 14 months as part of the deal signed with the Taliban
Despite peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, the former has failed to comply with peace settlements. (Photo Credit: Representational Image/Pixabay)
- The attack was initiated by the Taliban fighters
- An attempt was made by the Taliban to recapture the strategic city situated near the Tajikistan border
- The new Joe Biden government will be reviewing the US-Taliban deal in the wake of surging violence
ISIL-K faces challenges in its ability to seize and hold significant territory in several Afghanistan provinces, the UN report said. (Photo Credit: Pixabay)