Kabul, April 5 (IANS) At least one person was killed and five others seriously injured in a traffic accident on the major Kabul-Kandahar highway in eastern Afghanistan’s Wardak province, the official Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday. The collision took place on Saturday evening in Sayyed Abad district of the province. Following the accident, the injured were promptly transported to a nearby medical facility for treatment, Xinhua News Agency reported.The incident has brought renewed attenti…
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Kabul, April 3 (IANS) Two commuters were killed and 13 others sustained injuries as a passenger bus veered from the road in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Friday, provincial police spokesman Khalid Sarhadi said. The deadly mishap took place on the main road in Qarabagh district early Friday morning, the official said, adding that efforts are underway to search for a missing boy, Xinhua News Agency reported. Blaming reckless driving for the accident, Sarhadi said an investigation into t…
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 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 3 (IANS) Police in western Afghanistan’s Farah province have arrested two drug smugglers and seized 75 kilograms of narcotics, provincial police spokesman Mullah Kalimullah Nangyal said Tuesday. The official added that acting on intelligence, security forces raided a location in Farah Rod district on Monday, apprehending the two suspects and confiscating 75 kg of raw opium.An assault rifle was also recovered from the operation site, the spokesman said, Xinhua News Agency reported. Thi…
Kabul, Feb 1 (IANS) Police have seized 170 kg of illegal drugs from a vehicle in western Afghanistan’s Herat province and taken two alleged drug smugglers into custody, the provincial police office said in a statement on Sunday. Based on intelligence, police intercepted a car on Saturday and, after a search, recovered 170 kg of opium and hashish from hidden compartments in the vehicle, the statement said. It added that two individuals in the car were arrested on charges of attempting to traffic …
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 …
Kabul, Dec 28 (IANS) Afghan police have arrested eight individuals on charges of production and smuggling of narcotics in the northern Jawzjan province, local media outlet Tolo News reported on Sunday. According to the report, provincial police conducted targeted operations that led to the arrest of the suspects and the seizure of a significant quantity of illicit drugs, including hashish and heroin. The drugs were reportedly discovered at locations linked to the detained individuals.The arrests…