Accidents & Disasters

Two children have been killed as a result of a lightning strike in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Saturday.

One individual has been killed and 32 others were injured as a result of heavy rainfall, flash floods, and strong winds in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said.

Three people, including a judge, were killed in a traffic accident in eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Friday.

A man, his wife and child have fatally drowned in a pond in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday.

An individual has been killed as a result of a traffic accident on the Shiberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif highway in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Tuesday.

Three people have been killed and 33 others, including women and children, injured when a passenger bus overturned in northern Samangan province, an official said on Tuesday.

Dozens of residential houses have been constructed at a cost of nearly 115,000 US dollars for flood-affected families in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province.

Two individuals have been killed and three others injured as a result of natural disasters in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Sunday.

At least seven people have been killed and 10 others injured in a traffic accident in central Maidan Wardak province.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Eight members of a family, including women, were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in their house in the Batikot district of eastern

Five people including women and a child have been injured in a traffic accident in central Logar province, an official said on Wednesday.

Three people were killed and a fourth injured in a landslide incident in northeastern Badakhshan province on Monday, an official said.