Nasrin Sayeedi

At least 13 people have been killed and dozens of residential houses destroyed as a result of heavy flooding in western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday.

Two people were killed and a third injured when a flying-coach plunged into the Harirod River in western Ghor province, police said on Tuesday.

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a man and five thieves have been arrested in western Ghor and Badghis provinces, police said on Wednesday.

A group of four foreign tourists has travelled to western Ghor province, local officials said on Sunday.

More than a dozen passengers stranded in snow in the Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province have been rescued and the Kabul-Ghor highway reopened in western Ghor province.

The Kabul-Ghor highway has been closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall in western Ghor province, an official said on Monday.

Nearly 130 children with measles were hospitalized during the past one month in western Ghor province amid complaints about the shortage of beds, officials said on Saturday.

Women drug addicts in western Ghor province complain they are often slighted and even physically abused at times by local people.

The Kabul-Ghor highway has been closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall in western Ghor province, an official said on Monday.

At least two people have been killed and three others wounded as a result of a traffic accident in western Ghor province, an official said on Tuesday.

Some needy families in western Ghor province have asked for urgent winter assistance, with local officials promising the distribution of more aid to deserving people.

Two people have lost their lives and five others injured as a result of traffic accident in Chaharsada district of western Ghor province.