Kabul, May 22 (IANS) As many as six people were killed and 11 others injured after strong winds and thunderstorms struck Afghanistan’s provinces of Kandahar, Herat, Ghor and Takhar overnight, local media reported on Friday. According to the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), roads, wells, agricultural land, trees and hundreds of solar panels were destroyed due to strong winds and thunderstorms, Afghanistan-based Tolo News reported.ANDMA spokesman Mohammad Yousuf Hamad sa…
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Kabul, May 12 (IANS) The United Nations has stated that hunger and food security are deteriorating in Afghanistan, with women and children facing the most consequences amid economic and humanitarian challenges, local media reported on Tuesday. The UN agencies said that Afghanistan continue to face problems due to overlapping crises, including economic collapse, unemployment and climate-related shocks that have impacted livelihoods across the country. Increasing regional tensions have caused an i…
Kabul, May 11 (IANS) Around 2,000 families have been affected by the recent floods in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, local media reported on Monday. The IOM said emergency relief items have been given to impacted families as humanitarian teams continued assessing urgent needs in flood-affected people, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported.The agency said many people lost homes, agricultural land and household property …
Kabul, May 6 (IANS) One person was killed and three others injured in a blast involving unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, local media reported on Wednesday citing a Taliban police statement. The incident took place in Bagram district on Tuesday when a 20-year-old man tried to open a piece of unexploded ammunition, local Taliban authorities said in a statement. The man died in the blast while two girls and a boy were injured and taken to a hospital in Parwan, where they are un…
Tehran, April 23, (IANS) At least five people have died and hundreds of homes destroyed after flash floods struck West Afghanistan provinces of Ghor and Badghis, local media in the country reported on Thursday citing information confirmation from various authorities. Five people, including a woman in the Badghis province, were killed in the floods. Three of the victims belonged to the same family, Pajhwok news agency quoted Baridad Saber, head of the Disaster Preparedness Department in Badghis, …
Kabul, April 3 (IANS) Over 9,000 families have been forced to leave their homes due to the rocket attacks conducted by Pakistani forces on areas near the Durand Line in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, local media reported. Officials from Kunar’s Directorate of Information and Culture said that the survey process of impacted families is being conducted, with approximately 3,500 families registered so far, Afghanistan-based news outlet Atlas Press reported.Kunar’s Information and Culture Departmen…
Kabul, April 3 (IANS) At least two children were killed and nearly 30 people were injured due to shelling and drone strikes carried out by Pakistani forces in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported on Friday, citing officials. Taliban deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the attacks targeting residential areas in Kunar, Paktika, and Khost provinces began on Wednesday, Afghanistan’s Ariana News reported.”Since yesterday, Pakistani forces have carried out continuous mortar, rocket and drone a…
Kabul, April 2 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Minister of Economy, Qari Din Mohammad Hanif said on Thursday that more than 27,000 Afghan families across nine provinces have been displaced due to attacks carried out by Pakistan’s military, local media reported. During a coordination meeting with officials from the United Nations agencies and national and international organisations on Thursday, Hanif said that Pakistan has carried out hostile actions against Afghanistan in recent months, Afghanistan-based …
Kabul, March 30 (IANS) The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has urged Pakistani forces to stop attacks on civilian areas in Afghanistan and respect international law. Calling firing on residential areas “war crimes”, the IHRF urged the United Nations and international human rights organisations to investigate the violations and take action against those responsible. Citing reports, the IHRF said Pakistani forces have fired heavy weaponry and indiscriminate mortar rounds into resident…
Kabul, March 22 (IANS) Taliban accused Pakistani forces of firing on civilians in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Paktika provinces on Sunday, killing one person and injuring another. Taliban deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said that Pakistani forces fired mortar rounds on the Shanpat area of Nari district in Kunar at around 9.30 a.m. (local time). He said that one person was killed and a woman was injured in the attack. Pakistani forces opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Paktika’s Shkin district…