Accidents & Disasters

According to analysts and those affected, the earthquake in eastern Kunar was deadly because it was shallow and many houses that got destroyed were built of stones in non-standard ways on the slopes of mountains. The earthquake occurred when people were asleep. In some areas, the lack of roads also hindered rescue operations.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A fire breakout at a fuel station caused an estimated 800,000 afghanis in damage, while goods worth over 10 million afghanis in neighboring shops were salvaged in northern Balkh province, an official said on Tuesday.

The British Foreign Secretary has expressed concern over the situation of earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan, announcing an additional £3 million in aid to support humanitarian partners working on the ground.

Two workers lost their lives in two separate coalmine collapse incidents in the Dara-e-Suf district of northern Samangan province, an official said on Monday.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has appealed for $139 million in urgent funding to assist families affected by recent earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan, warning they could face a harsh winter without international support.

Three people have been killed and two others injured as a result of two separate traffic accidents in central Bamyan province, an official said on Monday.

Six individuals were killed and as many others were injured in a traffic accident in northern Faryab province on Sunday, an official said.

The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has predicted heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and flash floods in eight provinces tomorrow (Sunday).

Two children have been killed and seven others injured when a wall collapsed in Chaparhar district of eastern Nangarhar province.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Bardar has called on the international community to end the sanctions imposed on Afghanistan.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The UN migration agency has appealed for $16.8 million urgent funding to scale up life-saving support for families forced to sleep outdoors following powerful earthquakes that recently struck eastern Afghanistan.

KABUL (Pajhwok): A new humanitarian aid package has arrived in Kabul from Qatar to assist earthquake victims in eastern provinces.