Two people were killed and 20 others were wounded when gunmen opened fire at two vehicles carrying civilian employees of the 207 Al-Farooq Army Corps in Herat on Monday, sources said.

The vehicles were on their way to the army corps headquarters when the shootings happened in the fourth and fifth districts of the provincial capital, also Herat.

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India reported 16,135 new coronavirus infections and 24 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry&s update on Monday morning.

Of the 24 deaths reported on Monday, 16 were from the last 24 hours and eight were previously unreported deaths reconciled to Kerala&s death toll.

With Monday&s figures,...

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At least three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping mall in the Danish capital, Copenhagen on Sunday, according to reports.

Police said that a 22-year-old Danish man was arrested over the shooting and charged with manslaughter, Reuters reported. The motive remains unclear.

The shooter killed a man in his...

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Chinese astronauts are busy learning how to destroy other countries& satellites, claims NASA&s administrator Bill Nelson

China might be contemplating a takeover of the Moon as part of its military space program, NASA&s administrator Bill Nelson has told German newspaper Bild.

In an interview, Nelson claimed that the United States...

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Japan&s ambassador to Afghanistan has announced that his country will invest $14 million in Afghanistan&s agriculture and development programs.

The Japanese ambassador to Kabul Takashi Okada, raised the issue in a meeting with Amir Khan Muttaqi, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), in Doha.

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Exports of pine nuts from Afghanistan have declined in recent months as trade routes remain closed, traders say.

Traders in Khost said that the pine nuts could spoil if shipments remain in warehouses for too long.

&In the past, pine nuts were being exported to Pakistan, China and other countries at a high price,& said Anwar, a trader in...

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