Accidents & Disasters

At least four people have been killed and nine others wounded in two separate traffic accidents in central Panjsher and Parwan provinces.

Heavy rainfall and flooding claimed the lives of two children and injured six others in several districts of eastern Nangarhar province, the governor house said on Sunday.

Four young men drowned while swimming in a river in the central province of Daikundi and after efforts of people and security forces, three of them were rescued, but a teenager died, an official said on Thursday.

Two individuals have been killed and a third injured in a traffic accident in northern Samangan province, an official said on Thursday.

Four people were killed and five others injured in a traffic accident in northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday, an official said.

A two-year-old girl has died after falling into a pond in the Khogyani district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday.

Three children have been killed and about 250 houses destroyed due to flash floods in three districts of central Logar province, an official said on Sunday.

Flash floods in central Maidan Wardak province have resulted in one death and three injuries.

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Nearly a dozen people lost their lives and six others have been injured in three separate traffic accidents in northern Faryab province, local

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A man and his son died after falling into a sewage well in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province, local officials said on

The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) on Thursday predicted heavy flash floods, snowfall and rainfall in eight provinces.

Two individuals have been killed in a traffic accident in eastern Nangarhar province, police said on Tuesday.