Accidents & Disasters

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Two gold panners are thought to have died after drowning in the Kokcha river in northeastern Badakhshan province on Monday, an official said

QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Two people were killed as a result of traffic accident in western Badghis province on Sunday. The accident took place a . .

KABUL (Pajhwok):  The World Food Programme (WFP) says the paucity of funds has forced it to cut life-saving assistance in March to at least .

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A mortar shell explosion has left four children dead and injured in the capital of central Logar province, security officials said . .

KABUL (Pajhwok): A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled northern Takhar province on Saturday, but information about casualties was not immediately available. The German Research Centre .

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Three children aged between four and five years were crushed to death by a speeding fielder in the Gilan district of southern

MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Three people have been killed and five others wounded in two separate traffic accidents in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Thursday

KABUL (Pajhwok): Seventeen people were killed and seven others wounded in an accident in northern Takhar province on Wednesday. The casualties happened in the morning

NEILI (Pajhwok): Three individuals have been killed and 11 others injured in two separate traffic accidents in central Daikundi province, police said on Wednesday. Police

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): One individual has been killed and 30 others injured as a result of traffic accident in the Farahrod district of western Farah