The Ghor-Kabul highway has been closed for all kinds of traffic in western Ghor province due to heavy snowfall, an official said on Sunday. Ghor Governor’s spokesman Maulvi Abdul Wahid Hamas told Pajhwok Afghan News: “Heavy snowing has…
The highway between Faizabad, the provincial capital, and Kishim district in northeastern Badakhshan province has been blocked by heavy snow, an official said on Monday. Construction head at Public Works Department Eng. Iftikhar Makhdoom Zada told Pajhwok Afghan…
At least 17 people have died and 93 others wounded as a result of heavy snowfall in Japan, the country’s disaster management officials said. Powerful winter fronts have dumped heavy snow in northern regions since last week, stranding…
Afghanistan Meteorological Department (AMD) has announced the probability of relatively heavy snow and rainfall with flash floods in the next two days in a number of provinces of the country. A statement from AMD received by Pajhwok Afghan…
Afghanistan's Meteorological Department has warned of relatively heavy snow and rain that could cause flooding in 10 provinces of the country. A statement from the department posted on its Facebook page states that there provinces included Kunduz, Badakhshan,…
A number of residents of Lal wa Sarjangal district of western Ghor province called the first snowfall in their area this year as a good omen, but said they lacked heating resources for the winter due to their…
Snowstorms and heavy rains have damaged 90 percent of almond trees in northern Samangan province, causing millions of afghanis loss to gardeners. A number of Samangan gardeners say they collect hundreds of tons of almond from their orchards…
Around 200 passengers have been stranded in snow after avalanches in Lal-wa-Sarjangal district of western Ghor province for the last four days awaiting rescue assistance. Mohammad Reza Momini, one of the relatives of the trapped people in Kharqul…
BAMYAN/CHARIKAR-Bamyan highway in at least three districts of central Bamyan and Parwan provinces, officials said on Thursday. Abdul Ahmad Mubariz, Bamyan’s Yakawlang district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News heavy snow and strong storms clogged the highway between Kotal Hajigak and…
Snowfall over the past two days has damaged some 200 homes in central Bamyan and Maidan Wardak provinces, officials said on Sunday. Bamyan natural disasters management authority director Mohammad Reza Rafat told Pajhwok Afghan News that snowfall and…
Local officials on Tuesday said two days of snowing has blocked roads leading to 14 districts from northeastern Badakhshan province’s capital. Sayed Abdullah Hamayon Dehqan, provincial natural disasters management authority head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the disconnected…
Heavy snow has closed major roads in Ghazni, Maidan Wardak and Bamyan provinces, the Ministry of Public Works announced on Friday. The ministry said efforts at clearing the snow from the roads were underway involving contracted firms and…
Many district roads have been blocked for traffic due to snowfall in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan for the past three months, an official says. Ahmad Navid Frotan, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the snowfalls…
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok) Local officials on Wednesday said nearly a dozen people, including five women, had died in recent heavy snowfalls in southern Ghazni province. Azizullah Azimi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the snowfall caused both life and…
President Ashraf Ghani, ordering the relevant organs to take effective measures for the prevention of possible floods, on Tuesday said at least 160 people had been killed by recent snowfall and avalanches across the country. President Ghani, in…
Districts near the capital of southern Kandahar province were hit by first enough snow in 24 years early on Saturday morning, raising hope for improved agriculture harvests this year. A large number of people including women and…
At least seven people died, hundreds of livestock perished and more than 60 homes destroyed as the snowstorm entered a second day in northern Sar-i-Pul province on Saturday. Eng. Aziz Rahman Imaq, the provincial natural disaster management authority…
Residents and farmers in southwestern Nimroz province on Saturday said snowfall lashed the province for a second in six years, hoping for enough agriculture produce. Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, the provincial Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department head, told Pajhwok…
Five people were reported dead following heavy snowfall that clogged several roads in the eastern province of Nuristan, public representatives said on Thursday. The provincial council chief, Asadullah Nuristani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that snow hit various parts…
