Portal:Current events/2014 April 26
April 26, 2014 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Five British ISAF personnel are killed in a military helicopter crash in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from recent flooding in northern Afghanistan rises to 123. (WireUpdate)
Politics and elections
- Afghan presidential election:
- Afghan Presidential elections are set to go to a second round between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani after no candidate won an absolute majority in first round. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Copies of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and other Atari games that were buried in 1983 are discovered in a New Mexican desert. (IGN)