Accidents and disaster stories happening in Afghanistan
One individual has been killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in northern Jawzjan province. Qari Abdul Sattar Halimi , spokesman for the Jawzjan Police, said the incident occurred on Thursday at around 4:00 p.m. in the…
At least four people, including a woman, were killed and five others wounded in a traffic accident in northern Jawzjan province on Monday, an official said.
Save the Children says around 25,000 children are still living and studying in tents six months after a deadly earthquake struck eastern Kunar province.
At least 16 people, including eight women and children, have been killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in Yemen, media reports said on Wednesday.
Five people remain missing following Saturday night’s airstrikes by the Pakistani military in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar, while two children were injured in Khogyani district and another child was shot and wounded in Momandara.
One person has been killed and six others, including women and children, injured in a traffic accident in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Monday.
Three people were killed in a traffic accident on the Kabul–Kandahar highway in Maqur district, southern Ghazni province. Abu Khalid Sarhadi, spokesperson for the Ghazni Police, told Pajhwok that the incident occurred this morning (Wednesday) in the…
Five people have been killed and a child injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday.
At least four people have been killed and six others wounded after a landslide sent rocks crashing onto a residential house in the capital of central Kapisa province, an official said on Saturday.
A man has been killed and another injured in a mine collapse in the eastern Nangarhar province, police said on Wednesday.
One person has been killed and seven others have been injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, police said on Wednesday.
Two people have been killed and four others injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday.
At least 15 people, including women and children, have been killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Sunday.
The National Disaster Preparedness Authority (NDPA) has reported that recent rainfall has claimed the lives of five people and injured three others across four provinces of Afghanistan. The authority’s Director of Information and Public Awareness and spokesperson, Hafiz…
One person has been killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in eastern Nangarhar province. According to a statement from the Nangarhar Police, the incident occurred Thursday night in the Ghazki Kolali area of Mohmandara district…
An Emergency Committee has been established under the leadership of the Kabul Provincial Authority to ensure an immediate, coordinated, and effective response to natural disaster emergencies, the governor’s office said on Friday. According to a statement from governor…
At least two people were killed and three others injured after the wall of a house collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the Fararud district of western Farah province on Thursday.
The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) has inked a trilateral agreement with Solidarités International (SI) and Handicap International (HI) worth 722,000 US dollars.
More than 200 people have died following a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, media reports said on Saturday,
The Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) has alerted of the possibility of snowfall, rainfall, and flash floods over the next three days in several provinces across the country. According to a post on its X page, the…
A mother and her six children have been killed and the father injured after the roof of their house collapsed in eastern Nangarhar province.
As Afghanistan continues to face recurring natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and drought, experts say access to accurate, timely and reliable information through the media plays a decisive role in reducing casualties and managing the consequences of such events.
The Salang Highway, which links Kabul with the northern provinces, remains closed due to heavy snowfall, strong winds and adverse weather conditions, an official said on Sunday.
At least 61 people have been killed and 110 others injured following heavy snowfall and rainfall over the past three days across the country, according to the National Disaster Preparedness Authority. In a statement issued on Saturday, the…
