Accidents & Disasters

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Some districts in southern Ghazni province has received snowfall which resulted in the blockade of some roads leading to Ghazni City, the

SAR-I-PUL CITY (Pajhwok): A 12-year-old boy has drowned in flash floods in the Al Jihad district of northern Sar-i-Pul . . .

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A lightning strike killed a man and injured a woman in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province yesterday, an official said on

TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): An eight-year-old girl was killed and her two family members injured after the roof of their house collapsed due to heavy . .

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Yesterday’s floods destroyed hundreds of homes and hundreds of acres of farmland in the Zari district of northern Balkh province . . .

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The Kandahar-Herat Highway which was blocked in the Kampmanda area of Zherai district due to flash floods had been reopened, an official .

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least five people have been killed and 92 others injured nationwide as a result of recent earthquake, the Ministry of Public Health

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): At least 50 houses were partially damaged as a result of Tuesday night’s earthquake in northeastern Badakhshan province, home to the quake .

MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Two people were killed and 25 others wounded after a strong earthquake shook eastern Laghman province last night, an official said on Wednesday

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): At least one person has been killed and five more have been wounded in Tuesday night’s earthquake in northern Takhar province, local .