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1. The US military says on Friday it has carried out a drone strike against a 'planner' of the Islamic State-Khorasan, the group which claims credit for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport. The United States urges its citizens Friday to 'immediately' leave the gates around Kabul's airport, where a suicide bomber this week targeted crowds trying to flee Taliban rule. 2. Kabul suicide blasts sparks off terror red alert for India. Government sources say ISIS-K hopes to export Jihad to central asia and then India. 3. Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat meets Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, day after Navjot Sidhu warns that it will be 'disastrous' for the party if he is not given freedom in decision-making. 4. India administers more than one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on Friday, the highest ever in a day, the Union Health Ministry says. India's daily Covid numbers jumps by over four per cent as the country reports 46,759 new cases on Saturday, the most in nearly two months, as cases surge in Kerala. 509 deaths are recorded during the past 24 hours, according to the government.