Portal:Current events/2021 September 5

September 5, 2021 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Afghanistan conflict
- 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan
  - Operation Allies Refuge
    - 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. (Politico)
- Panjshir conflict
  - Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi says that Taliban forces have entered Bazarak, the capital of Panjshir Province, after gaining more territory in the surrounding areas. (Reuters)
  - Mohammad Fahim Dashty, a chief and spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, is killed by the Taliban during a fight. (The Week)
2021 Guinean coup d'état
- 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. (BBC News) (Reuters) (Europa Press)(The Economist)
- The military seizes state television and announces on air that the government has been dissolved and that all land borders are closed. (ABC News)
Insurgency in Balochistan
- Three soldiers are killed and 15 more are injured as a suicide bomber blows himself up at a checkpoint in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
ISIL insurgency in Iraq
- Twelve police officers are killed and three others are wounded as ISIL militants open fire and bomb a security checkpoint in Kirkuk. (Al Jazeera)
Mapuche conflict
- 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". (MercoPress)
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". (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

2021 Atlantic hurricane season
- The death toll from Hurricane Ida in the Northeastern United States increases to 50. (CNBC)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
    - The number of population who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Cambodia surpasses 70%. (The Star)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
    - Sri Lanka surpasses 10,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Adaderana)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam
    - 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. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
    - Germany surpasses four million cases of COVID-19. (Daily Sabah)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    - Russia surpasses seven million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil. (Kyiv Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, COVID-19 vaccination in Peru
  - Peru begins vaccinations for people aged 30 in Lima, Callao, and the Ica Region. (Andina)

Law and crime

2021 Montenegrin episcopal ordination protests
- 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. (Deutsche Welle)

Politics and elections

2021 São Toméan presidential election
- Carlos Vila Nova, from the Independent Democratic Action, wins the second round of the presidential election. (Reuters)

Sports

2020 Summer Paralympics
- Afghanistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
  - 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 Washington Post)
- The closing ceremony for the Summer Paralympics is held. China leads the Olympic medal count with 207 medals, including 96 gold medals. (CNN)
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football, COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- 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. (The New York Times)