Accidents & Disasters

The Natural Disaster Preparedness Department of Maidan Wardak says the main road in Daimirdad district has been blocked by a landslide.

Two people have been killed and four others injured in two separate traffic accidents in southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday.

One person died and property worth hundreds of thousands of afghanis was damaged in a house fire in central Kapisa province, local officials said on Saturday.

One individual was killed and four others injured in a traffic accident in southern Zabul province, officials said on Saturday.

Three people have been killed and another injured in a traffic accident in central Logar province, an official said on Saturday.

Three people were killed and five others injured in a traffic accident on the Kabul–Jalalabad highway in eastern Laghman province, a police official said on Friday.

One person was killed and seven others injured in a traffic accident in northern Samangan province, officials said on Friday.

At least 44 people have been killed and nearly 300 others are missing after a massive fire broke out in an apartment complex in Hong Kong, media reports said on Thursday.

Two United States National Guard troops from West Virginia were shot near the White House and are in critical condition, several officials said.

One person was killed and two others injured in a traffic accident in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday.

At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in a traffic accident on the Herat-Kandahar highway in western Herat province on Sunday, police official said.

QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): As many as 56 landmines left over from the past wars have been discovered and destroyed in various areas of Bala Murghab district of western Badghis province in cooperation with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC).