Accidents and disaster stories happening in Afghanistan
At least 160 people have been killed and hundreds remain missing after a massive flash flood swept through villages in Nepal’s mountainous Rasuwa district, near the Tibet border, damaging roads, bridges and power projects, officials said.
At least 15 newborns died after a fire broke out in the gynaecology ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad, officials said on Wednesday.
At least 30 people have been killed after a mound of rubbish collapsed onto nearby homes at a major waste site in Guinea’s capital, Conakry.
The bodies of two people have been recovered and 12 others remain missing after a migrant boat sank off Tunisia’s southern coast.
At least 16 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded after several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine, authorities said, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowing a response to what he described as an “act of barbarism.”
The General Directorate of Disaster Preparedness and the Raha Organisation held a coordination meeting in Kabul to strengthen preparedness and coordination in disaster management, with the participation of representatives of international organisations and humanitarian agencies. At the opening…
A four-year-old child drowned in a water reservoir in Giro district of southern Ghazni province, police said. The Ghazni police headquarters said in a statement that the incident took place on Tuesday in Desi village of Giro…
More than 92,000 people have been affected by natural disasters across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan since the beginning of this year, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.
At least 51 people have been killed and around 5,000 others forced to evacuate after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, with rescue teams working to clear landslide-blocked roads and reach people trapped under rubble.
A young man has drowned while fishing in a river in Ajristan district of central Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday.
More than one million people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern China, including Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in the region.
The Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) has warned of relatively heavy rainfall and possible flash floods in parts of the country over the next two days.
Two people have been killed and four others injured in four traffic accidents in the centre and several districts of central Logar province, a police official said on Thursday.
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has visited families affected by recent floods in eastern Nuristan province, expressed sympathy with the victims and reaffirmed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) commitment to supporting them.
The death toll from two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June has risen to 6,125, with 61,000 people treated in hospitals, the Venezuelan government said.
Three people have been killed and five others injured in a traffic accident in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Monday.
At least 19 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, despite US President Donald Trump announcing a plan he described as a “monumental step” towards peace and security in the enclave.
The United States plans to make permanent a visa bond programme that could require applicants from 50 countries, mostly in Africa, to post bonds of up to $20,000 when applying for certain US visas, according to a federal notice.
At least 27 people have been killed and 39 others injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in northern Algeria, officials said.
One person has been killed and four others, including three children and a woman, injured after the roof of a room collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Shinwari district of Nangarhar, local officials said. Quraishi Badloon, information officer…
Two people have been killed after two trucks collided in the northern Salang area of Baghlan province, police said. In a statement, the Baghlan Police said the accident occurred on Thursday in the Tankalar area of northern Salang…
Two children were killed and five others injured in a traffic accident on the Kabul-Logar highway, an official said on Thursday. Logar Police Command spokesperson Mawlavi Sultan Mohammad Sangin told Pajhwok Afghan News that the accident occurred late…
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan has risen to 13, as rescue teams continue searching for survivors trapped under the rubble.
At least 14 villagers have been killed and several others wounded in a fresh attack in Nigeria's central Benue state, a local official said, as violence linked to long-running disputes between farmers and herders continues.
