Accidents & Disasters

At least three people have been killed and five others injured after a tractor plunged into a canal in southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.

At least 23 people were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion at a supermarket in Mexico, media reports said on Sunday.

A child has lost his life after falling into a pond in southern Ghazni province, police said on Saturday.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Defense’s rescue team has rescued a six-year-old girl after she fell into a 100-meter deep well last night in the Nowzad district of southern Helmand province.

At least three people have been killed and 18 others wounded as a result of a traffic accident involving three vehicles on the Kabul-Nangarhar highway in eastern Laghman province, police said on Thursday.

Seven people, including a woman, were injured in a traffic accident on the Aibak-Mazar highway in northern Samangan province, an official said on Wednesday.

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): At least four people were killed and 16 others injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province on Friday morning. Police

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Four people lost their lives in a traffic accident in the Rabat area of central Parwan province, an official said on Saturday.

Two people have died, two children are missing and six others were injured after a car fell into a river in eastern Kunar province, local officials said on Friday.

The Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISF) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have signed an agreement to provide humanitarian assistance to victims of the recent earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan.

Residents of northern Faryab province have collected over four million afghanis in public donations to support victims of the recent earthquake in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Saturday.

Two people have been killed and five others injured in two separate traffic accidents in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Wednesday.