Accidents & Disasters

The Salang highway -- a key link between Kabul and northern provinces -- reopened for light vehicles this morning, an official said on Monday.

Highways linking Ghor with Kabul and Herat and roads in nine districts of the western province have been closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall and storms.

Sixty-three fire incidents have been recorded in Jalalabad city and surrounding areas of eastern Nangarhar province in the past 10 months, an official said on Wednesday.

Three major blazes continue to devastate Los Angeles, with the Palisades Fire having already burnt more than 23,000 acres, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

Since the start of the last solar year, over 24,000 families in Afghanistan have been displaced, more than 50 percent in Herat and Helmand provinces, due to droughts, earthquakes, floods and other natural calamities.

About 894 people inhaled gas and among them 24 people lost their lives this winter season in the country, an official said on Saturday.

Two women died and two children were injured as a result of a traffic accident in eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Saturday.

A blast inside a mine in eastern Nuristan province has claimed the life of one worker and left another injured, police official said on Friday.

Five people have been killed in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday.

Doctors at two hospitals in Kabul report a rise in cases of broken limbs following recent snowfall and icy conditions.

Dozens of people were killed and wounded on Tuesday when a powerful earthquake rattled China, say media reports.

Vehicular traffic resumed to four districts of northern Samangan province after roads were cleared of snow on Monday, officials said.