Accidents and disaster stories happening in Afghanistan
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has expressed condolences over a deadly traffic accident in eastern Laghman province, while the National Disaster Management Authority has allocated 730,000 afghanis in emergency assistance for the affected families. Around 5:30 a.m.…
At least 22 people were killed and 36 others injured when a vehicle carrying returning refugees overturned on the Kabul–Jalalabad highway in eastern Laghman province, officials said. The accident occurred on Saturday morning at around 5:30 a.m. near…
Police in central Panjshir province have urged tourists to avoid swimming in deep and hazardous areas, warning that 17 people drowned in the province’s rivers during the 1404 solar year (2025–26). In a statement, Panjshir police spokesman Haqmal…
At least 18 people were killed and 29 others injured when a vehicle carrying returning refugees overturned on the Kabul–Jalalabad highway in eastern Laghman province on Saturday morning. According to the Laghman provincial Media and Public Relations Office,…
hree youths have died after drowning while swimming in the Malistan district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Friday.
Two young girls have died after falling into water well in Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday.
Three people have been killed and five others wounded in three separate traffic accidents on the Kabul–Kandahar highway, police officials said on Monday.
The bodies of two men and two children have been recovered from a river following a traffic accident on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in the Surobi district of Kabul province, the National Disaster Preparedness Authority (NDPA) said on Saturday.
The Salang highway, connecting Kabul with northern provinces, reopened to traffic on Saturday, an official said.
Six people were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in the Daman district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Saturday.
At least 11 people have been killed and dozens of houses damaged after flash floods hit northern Baghlan province. Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of disaster preparedness at the Baghlan Natural Disaster Management Department, told Pajhwok that floods struck Burka…
A young man has died after drowning in the waters of the Arghandab River in southern Kandahar province, local officials said on Friday. Mawlawi Nazir Shakib, spokesperson for the 205 Al-Badr Corps, told Pajhwok that the victim…
Two people have been killed after lightning struck in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, a police official said on Thursday.
The Ministry of Transport and Aviation says there is a possibility of rainfall, thunderstorms and flash floods in 29 provinces of the country.
The Ministry of Transport and Aviation says there is a possibility of rainfall, thunderstorms and flash floods in 23 provinces of the country.
Five people have been killed and one other injured in a traffic accident on the Kabul–Kandahar highway in central Maidan Wardak province.
Around 10 people were injured in two separate traffic accidents in the Qarabagh and Andar districts of southern Ghazni province, police said on Saturday.
Two people were killed and four others injured in a traffic accident in northeastern Badakhshan province on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Water and Energy has announced the possibility of heavy rainfall, flash floods, and rising river levels in several river basins across the country over the next two days.
At least 13 people were injured in two separate traffic accidents in Logar province, officials said. Police spokesman Mawlawi Sultan Mohammad Sangin told Pajhwok that the first incident occurred on Thursday in the Gambazi area near Pul-I-Alam, the…
At least two people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in Farah province, police said on Thursday.
The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MoUDH) says residential plots have been distributed to earthquake-affected families from eastern Kunar province in a newly built township on 500 acres of land in Khewa district of Nangarhar province.
Four people have been killed in a traffic accident in the centre of western Farah province, an official said. Police spokesman Mullah Kaleemullah Nangyal told Pajhwok that the incident occurred on Monday in the Digforosh area when a…
In Nawa district of Helmand province, six women and two children were swept away by water. Among them, two women have died, two were rescued, and four others remain missing. The head of Helmand’s Department of Information and…
