Srinagar, April 18 (IANS) Tremors of an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale with its epicentre in Badakhshan province in Afghanistan, were felt in Kashmir Valley on Saturday.Disaster management officials said that an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred at 8.24 A.M. on Saturday with the epicentre in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.“The earthquake occurred 190 Kms inside the Earth’s crust. Its coordinates are Latitude 36.55 degrees North and Longitude 70.92 degr…
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Kabul, March 29 (IANS) One commuter was killed and 10 others sustained injuries as a mini-bus struck two motorists in east Afghanistan’s Laghman province, said a statement of the provincial police office on Sunday. A mini-bus, according to the statement, struck a three-wheel rickshaw and a motorbike simultaneously due to carelessness in the provincial capital Mehtarlam on Saturday afternoon, killing one on the spot and injuring 10 others, including five children and two women, Xinhua News Agency…
Kabul, March 22 (IANS) At least 43 shops were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out at a local market in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, the provincial department of information and culture said in a statement.The blaze erupted in Ab Jim market in Raghistan district, said the statement on Saturday evening, adding that preliminary estimations indicate that shop owners have inflicted damages worth nearly 22 million afghanis (around 349,000 US dollars).The cause of the fire remains un…
Kabul, March 10 (IANS) Afghan intelligence analyst and counterterrorism expert Ajmal Sohail, in an exclusive interview with a leading international affairs magazine, has accused Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of increasingly targetting Chinese infrastructure and investment projects in Afghanistan. Sohail, co-founder and co-president of the Counter Narco-Terrorism Alliance Germany, emphasised that the move mirrors Islamabad’s concern that Beijing’s expanding engagement with Ka…
Kabul, March 2 (IANS) At least three people were killed and six others injured in a highway accident in northern Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province, the provincial police office said in a statement. The incident occurred on Sunday when two high-speed vehicles collided due to reckless driving in the Hadbakhshi region along the Jawzjan-Sari Pul highway, killing both drivers and a female passenger on the spot and injuring six others, including two children, the statement added, Xinhua News Agency repor…
Kabul, Feb 17 (IANS) Two miners were killed and two others sustained injuries due to a blast inside a mine in the northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said Tuesday. The accident occurred in Ragistan district on Monday afternoon, leaving two dead on the spot and injuring two others, the official added without furnishing more details, Xinhua News Agency reported.It was the second accident of its kind in Afghanistan over the past week. In the pre…
Kabul, Feb 1 (IANS) Three commuters were killed and two others sustained injuries in a road accident in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, the provincial police office said in a statement. The fatal incident occurred when two speeding vehicles collided in the Qala-e-Baday region of Dushi district, killing three passengers, including a woman and a child on the spot and injuring two others, according to the statement late Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported.This follows another deadly cras…
Kabul, Jan 7 (IANS) Afghan counter-narcotics police have confiscated 130 kg of illegal drugs and arrested 36 suspected smugglers in a series of operations across the country, official statements reported. In northern Badakhshan province, authorities seized 130 kg of opium and hashish in Jurm district and detained one individual, according to a statement from the provincial police office, Xinhua News Agency reported.Additionally, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced the arrest of 25 others …
Kabul, Dec 30 (IANS) Seven commuters were killed and two others sustained injuries due to a road accident that occurred in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province on Tuesday, provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said. The deadly collision took place in the Maimay district of the mountainous Darwaz region early morning, the official said without providing more details, Xinhua News Agency reported.Last week, at least five people were killed and 44 others injured after a bus overturned …