Three soldiers are killed and 15 more are wounded as a suicide bomber blows himself up at a checkpoint in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attack.
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September 5, 2021 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Violence intensifies during a four-day clash in the Mapuche Araucanía Region in Chile, between Chilean forces and the Mapuche people. A presidential delegate has called on the Congress to speed the arrest and prosecution of what he called "terrorists".
Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi says that Taliban forces have entered Bazarak, the capital of Panjshir Province, after gaining more territory in the surrounding areas.
The military seizes state television and announces on air that the government has been dissolved and that all land borders are closed.
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain says that around 100 Americans remain in Afghanistan following the August 31 withdrawal deadline. He also says that the Biden administration will still try to rescue them.
Twelve police officers are killed and three others are wounded as ISIL militants open fire and bomb a security checkpoint in Kirkuk.
Heavy gunfire is heard in Conakry, Guinea, as soldiers seal off and block the main bridge connecting to the Kaloum neighborhood, which houses the Presidential Palace. President Alpha Condé is arrested and taken away by special forces soldiers but appears to be unharmed. Three soldiers are reportedly killed.
Mohammad Fahim Dashty, a chief and spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, is killed by the Taliban during a fight.
A knifeman stabs and seriously wounds two women in Berlin, Germany. Authorities are investigating if the attacker was motivated by Islamic extremism. He targeted the first victim claiming that "he didn't like that a woman was working".
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
Russia surpasses seven million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil.
The Vietnamese health ministry announces that Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bình Dương, Dong Nai and Long An provinces must vaccinate all of their adult residents with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15.
The number of population who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Cambodia surpasses 70%.
Law and crime
Police fire tear gas and remove barricades in Cetinje, Montenegro, as anti-Serb Montenegrin nationalist protesters attempted to impede the enthronement of Joanikije II to the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Politics and elections
Carlos Vila Nova, from the Independent Democratic Action, wins the second round of the presidential election.
Sports
The closing ceremony for the Summer Paralympics is held. China leads the Olympic medal count with 207 medals, including 96 gold medals.
Afghanistan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli carry the Afghan flag during the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics after being unable to attend the opening ceremony due to the withdrawal of American troops from the country.
The qualification match between Brazil and Argentina at the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo is suspended after officials from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency entered the pitch and attempted to deport four Argentine players whom they allege to have violated pandemic-related self-isolation guidelines.
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