Accidents & Disasters

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

About 77 people have lost their lives and 108 others injured in traffic accidents over the past six months in northern Balkh province, police said on Tuesday.

The spokesman of India’s Ministry of External Affairs says New Delhi has provided food assistance to the recent earthquake victims in Afghanistan.

Seven people, including three women, were injured in a traffic accident in northern Samangan province on Wednesday, an official said.

Fourteen people, including women and children, have been injured in a traffic incident in the Alasai district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Tuesday.

At least three children have been killed after the roof of a room collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Shamal Doamanda district of southeastern Khost province, officials said on Sunday.

Two persons have been killed and seven others injured, including children, in two separate traffic accidents in central Daikundi and northern Jawzjan provinces, officials said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) on Friday warned of the possibility of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and flash floods in 10 provinces of Afghanistan.

World Health Organization (WHO) officials have reaffirmed the organization’s continued support for families affected by the recent earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has called for immediate reconstruction of homes destroyed in recent earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

Twelve people were injured in two separate traffic accidents in Khanjan and Doshi districts of northern Baghlan province, police said on Saturday.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): One person was killed and nearly a dozen others were injured when two vehicles collided on the Shiberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif highway in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Friday.