Accidents & Disasters

An individual has been killed and five others have been injured as a result of a traffic accident in central Wardak province, an official said on Wednesday.

A worker has been killed due to the collapse of a coalmine in the Dara-i-Sauf Bala district of northern Samangan province, police said on Monday.

The Salang highway has been reopened for the all kinds of traffic after hours of closure due to heavy snowfall and server storms, the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) said on Saturday.

At least three children have been killed as a result of harsh weather in the Raghistan district of northern Badakhshan province, an official said on Saturday.

One individual has been killed and another injured as a result of a traffic accident in northern Balkh province, police said on Saturday.

Recent rain-induced floods partially or completely destroyed 500 residential houses in Sholgara district of northern Balkh province, local authorities said on Wednesday.

Traders using their personal money have constructed new residential houses for 55 flood-affected families in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday.

Nearly 1,000 acres of agricultural land and hundreds of residential houses have been completely destroyed as a result of flash floods in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Monday.

A lighting strike killed a man and a woman in northeastern Badakhshan province last night, and official said on Monday.

Six people have been injured as a result of a traffic accident in southeastern Paktia province, police said on Saturday.

Ten worshipers have been killed in an armed attack in the Nahrin district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Friday.

The acting Head of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Mullah Nooruddin Turabi during a meeting with officials of the domestic and foreign miens clearing organisations said that security was established nationwide and it was time for the clearing of all mines, a statement said on Wednesday.