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7 of a family killed in Kandahar fire caused by stove

Five children and two women of a family were killed after a fire caused by a stove swept through their house in this capital city of southern Kandahar province, police said on Friday. The incident took place in…

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Samangan wood market blaze causes 2mn afs damage

A fire swept through a wood market in northern Samangan province on Wednesday, causing around two million afghanis losses on shop owners, an official said. The fire broke out at around 4:30pm in Dara-e-Suf Road in Aibak City,…

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5 of a family dead in Herat fire

Five members of a family including women and children have been dead in a fire in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday. Abdul Ahad Walizadah, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the fire erupted…

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Hours on, Kabul market fire continues to burn

A fire broke out at a marketplace in central capital Kabul on Thursday evening and could not be doused until Friday morning, an official said. The blaze erupted at Khairkhwa market in Nader Pashtun Kot at 6: 08pm…

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Hours on, Kabul market fire continues to burn

A fire broke out at a marketplace in central capital Kabul on Thursday evening and could not be doused until Friday morning, an official said. The blaze erupted at Khairkhwa market in Nader Pashtun Kot at 6: 08pm…

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Several shops reduced to ashes in Parwan

Several shops were gutted in a fire incident in the Seyah Gard district of central Parwan province, an official said on Saturday. The fire broke out in a gas selling shop on Friday afternoon and spread quickly to…

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Millions lost as fire guts Kabul fruit market

A fire gutted 35 shops selling fruits and vegetables in central capital Kabul on Tuesday, as the losses were estimated at about 10 million afghanis. Allah Mohmmad, a shopkeeper at the market in the limits of 4th police…

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US forces camp engulfed in fire near Pul-i-Alam

A US forces’ oil reservoir was engulfed in fire on Tuesday in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, after a rocket hit the facility, an official said. Governor’s spokesman Saleem Saleh told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban…

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Dozens of timber shops gutted in Kunar blaze

A fire inflicted heavy financial losses on people in the Manogi district of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Wednesday. Governor’s spokesman, Abdul Ghani Mosmim, told Pajhwok Afghan News the fire erupted in Kandagal Bazaar of the…

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Fire at fuel reservoir inflicts financial losses in Nangarhar

Fire erupted into flames at oil reservoir in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, causing heavy financial losses to people, an official said on Saturday.   The fire broke out today (Saturday) afternoon in Bagrami locality of…

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Carpet market blaze inflicts millions in losses to traders

A fire broke out on Wednesday in a carpet market in capital Kabul, inflicting heavy financial losses to shop owners, but no causalities were reported. Haji Taj Mohammad, one of the affected shop owners, told Pajhwok Afghan News…

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Paghman blaze kills at least 1 man, burns 2 oil tankers

One man was killed and another wounded when a fire broke out at a fuel storage facility in the Paghman district of Kabul province on Tuesday, a shopkeeper said. The fire erupted at around 9:00am in Haider Khan…

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Balkh inferno causes millions of afghanis loss

A huge fire caused a loss of millions of afghanis to local residents in Sholgar district of northern Balkh province, an official said on Monday. Police spokesman Sher Jan Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News the fire broke out…

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Baghlan school set alight by unidentified gunmen

A school has been torched by unidentified gunmen in the Nahrain district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Sunday. Mohammad Afzal, principal of Gulmiran High School, told Pajhwok Afghan News a number of armed men injured the…

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370 shops, godowns gutted in Kabul market fire

Saturday’s huge blaze that swept into a marketplace in central capital Kabul reduced to ashes 370 shops and godowns, causing millions of dollars of losses to traders, officials and traders said on Sunday. Maj. Gen. Abdur Rahman Rahimi,…

10 of a family burnt to death in Herat

Ten members of a family burnt to death when fire erupted all in a sudden inside their home in western Herat province, a medic said on Monday.   Mohammad Shafiq Sherzai, the spokesman of a local hospital,…