Latest Faryab province News & Updates

Kabul, May 4 (IANS) At least three commuters have been confirmed dead following a high-speed collision between a passenger vehicle and a truck in northern Afghanistan’s Faryab province, the provincial police office said in a statement on Monday. The accident occurred on Sunday evening on the outskirts of Andkhoy district, according to the provincial police office. All three victims were travelling in the high-speed vehicle at the time of the crash, Xinhua News Agency reported. Authorities did no…

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…