The Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) confirmed Thursday that five employees of the 207th Al-Farooq Corps in Herat were killed in an attack.

The ministry said that the employees were killed and several others were injured as a result of an attack by unknown gunmen who targeted a Coaster mini bus carrying medical...

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The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first.

The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, according to an announcement on an official city social media account, AP reported.

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Four large factories, set up at a cost of $50 million, were inaugurated on Wednesday in Herat&s industrial park, local officials said.

The factories include production plants for batteries, greenhouse plastics, chicken feed, and cardboard.

Nooruddin Azizi, Minister of Industry and Trade, said at the opening ceremony that more investments are...

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Iranian officials have arrested a gunman who opened fire on a Shi&ite shrine in the city of Shiraz in Iran on Wednesday, killing 15 people.

Iranian officials said they had arrested a gunman who carried out the attack. ISIS (Daesh) has claimed responsibility.

The group has claimed previous attacks in Iran, including deadly twin bombings in 2017...

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Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, met with China&s Ambassador to Kabul Wang Yu on Wednesday and called on Beijing to include Afghanistan in the &One Belt One Road& initiative.

According to a statement released by Baradar&s office, the focus of the meeting was on the...

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When government representatives of nearly every nation in the world meet in Sharm-el Sheikh, Egypt on November 6 to attend the next United Nations climate change conference, also known as COP27, they will be gathering under a cloud.

A new report from the U.N. finds that the pledges made to limit greenhouse gas emissions and avert the worst...

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