The General Directorate of Traffic has warned vehicle repair workshops and related companies against making unauthorized changes to vehicles—including engine replacements, color alterations, or gas conversions—or face legal consequences.
Traffic Department officials in western Herat province blame the unending traffic mess in the provincial capital on a shortage of traffic wardens.
Residents of this capital city of western Herat province complain about unruly traffic and congestion in the city and demand a proper solution to the matter. A resident of Herat city, Sayed Hanif Hakimi, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Residents of Zaranj, the capital of northwestern Nimroz province, complain the lack of traffic lights has disarrayed traffic in the city and ask officials concerned to address the problem. Sulaiman Tajik, resident of Zaranj city, said he was…
Residents and drivers in western Herat province say non-functional traffic lights and lack of traffic signs in intersections of Herat City, the provincial capital, often lead to accidents and traffic jams. Herat city is the most congested…
At least 20 people were killed and six others injured in a traffic accident in Pakistan’s Panjab province on early on Tuesday, according to Pakistani media report. The accident happened when a passenger bus collided with an oil…
Three people were killed and as many others were injured in a traffic accident involving several vehicles in Sara-i-Shamali area of capital Kabul on Wednesday, officials said. Nawab Khan Safi, head of Kabul Traffic Department, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Eight people were killed and seven others were injured in a traffic accident in southeastern Khost province on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place in Almara area of DwaManda district on the Khost-Gardez highway this afternoon.…
At least four vehicles without number plates were torched in the compound of the traffic department in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday. Traffic Director Maj. Mohammad Nabi told Pajhwok Afghan News that a fire erupted in the morning…
Residents of this western city of Herat say they daily face uncontrolled traffic jams at peak hours but officials concerned remain indifferent to the matter. Herat city residents accuse the provincial traffic chief of being incompetent to…
Ministry of transport (MoT) on Tuesday announced creating a five-year plan to ensure smooth flow of traffic in central Kabul. The plan includes seizure of old vehicles and some other procedures. Qudratullah Zaki, Minister of Transport, made the…
A person was killed and nine others injured in a traffic accident in southern Nimroz province, officials said Saturday. Mohammad Ibrahim Amini, Nimroz police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a 303 model passenger bus crashed with a…
At least 13 people were killed and around 400 others injured in car accidents indifferent provinces of the country during Eid ul Adha holidays. Officials say four people were killed in car accidents in Eid holidays in capital…
Government officials attending a conference marking Global Road Safety Week in Kabul on Wednesday called road accidents as a ‘silent tsunami’, saying fatalities caused by accidents were higher than by explosions and suicide attacks. Dr. Mamosi Ziwar, deputy…
At least three people, including a man and his pregnant wife, were killed and two children injured as a result of a traffic accident in the capital of southern Helmand province on Tuesday morning, an official said. Omar…
A person was killed and 13 others injured in a traffic accident in Hazrat Sultan district of northern Samangan province, officials said Tuesday. Samangan traffic department head, Col. Abdul Raziq, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a Corolla model…
At least five people were killed and seven others wounded in a car crash on Jalalabad-Torkham highway in Rodat district of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, officials said. Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
At least three people have been killed and six others injured in separate traffic accidents in central Panjsher and Kapisa provinces, officials said Thursday. Panjsher deputy police chief, Col. Najmuddin told Pajhwok Afghan News that one passenger…
Unnecessary taxi stands, handcarts on roads, increasing number of vehicles and limited traffic department staff members are reasons behind unruly traffic in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. Sayed Hamidullah Sadat, the provincial traffic department head, told Pajhwok…
Kabul University students have developed software which can make the understanding of traffic rules easy and prevent increasing number of traffic accidents. Agha Maluk and Muzda, the two students who developed the software, said after the activation…
A woman died and a dozen others, including children, sustained injuries when two cars collided head-on in northern Samangan province, an official said on Saturday. The collision took place on Friday evening at about 7pm, in Sang Shikan…
