Afghanistan is running out of hospital beds as suspected cases of coronavirus surge, officials said on Saturday, warning "there is a disaster coming" in the impoverished country.

Afghanistan warns of 'disaster' as virus infections surge

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

The World Bank on Friday approved a USD 400 million grant to help Afghanistan "sustain the pace of key economic and public finance reforms and support the country to manage current risks and uncertainties compounded by the COVID-19 crisis.

World Bank approves $400 million loan to help Afghanistan deal with COVID-19 crisis

A total of 168 new positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in Afghanistan. The country's deputy minister of public health Wahid Majroh on Wednesday said that in the past 24 hours 168 positive cases have been recorded, and the country`s total is 3,392, TOLO news reported.

Afghanistan reports 168 new COVID-19 cases, count rises to 3,392

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