Days after the American embassy in Kabul stopped its visa operations due to a surge in coronavirus cases, the management announced an immediate lockdown after 114 staffers fell ill, with the military hospital's ICU running at full capacity.

American embassy in Kabul hit with Covid virus; 114 infected, 1 dead

15 people have been killed while 45 wounded and 80 patients have been evacuated from a hospital in Kabul after gunmen attacked it on Tuesday, according to a spokesman for Afghanistan's interior ministry.

15 people killed, several wounded after gunmen storm Kabul hospital

At least 30 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, taking the total to 1,026 on Monday, health authorities were quoted by Tolo News.

Afghanistan's coronavirus cases climb to 1,026