Russia to start COVID-19 vaccine production in 2 weeks

The Independent Afghanistan Human Rights Commission says 21 civilians have been killed in Taliban-planted bombs in Kandahar’s Arghistan district during the past 10 days.

NEW DELHI, 12th August, 2020 (WAM) -- The Indian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday 60,963 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide toll to 2,330,327.

Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday morning that Russia has registered the world's first vaccine against coronavirus. He says the dose is effective in forming immunity against the deadly pathogen ...

A group of around 180 Afghanistan Hindu and Sikhs is likely to reach India on Wednesday, the Times of India reported on Tuesday.

More than 20.2million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 739,212​ have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Tuesday.

An Afghan national in US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is on hunger strike since nearly three weeks ago as he protests his ongoing detention.

Spin Boldak border crossing opened on Saturday amid tight security, allowing thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis to cross into their home countries.

South African mobile operator MTN Group is exiting Afghanistan and the Middle East, it said on Thursday.

Novavax Inc said on Wednesday it has entered a supply and license agreement with the Serum Institute of India for the development and commercialization of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

India said on Tuesday two more of the seven Indian engineers kidnapped in northern Baghlan province in May 2018 had been freed and had returned to the country, the Hindustan Times reported.