Accidents & Disasters

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.

Three people died and a fourth was injured in three separate traffic accidents in northern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday.

Two individuals have been killed and a third injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday.

Some residents of central Uruzgan province have demanded the reconstruction of roads, bridges and culverts that were destroyed by floods in their areas.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Disaster Management Authority has signed a cooperation agreement worth over 650,000 US dollars with an international non-governmental organization (NGO . .

A lighting strike has killed one individual and injured four others in the Spinghar district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday.

Six people, including children and women, have been killed as a result of a car’s plunge into a river in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Saturday.