Kabul, April 26 (IANS) At least two persons have been confirmed dead and five others were injured in a road accident in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Sunday, a local media outlet TOLOnews reported. The crash occurred on the outskirts of Khanashin district of the province, killing two passengers on the spot and injuring five others, according to the report.Without disclosing further details, the media outlet added that all the injured were shifted to a nearby health facility for trea…
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Kabul, April 10 (IANS) At least 148 people have been killed and 216 others injured in Afghanistan in the past two weeks following heavy rains, flash floods, landslides, earthquakes and lightening that has struck several parts of the country, local media reported on Friday citing updates released by the Afghan disaster authorities. Nangarhar province in Eastern Afghanistan was among the worst-hit areas of Afghanistan in the latest wave of extreme weather conditions, Afghanistan’s leading news age…
Kabul, April 10 (IANS) Severe seasonal flooding has caused extensive damage across Afghanistan over the past two weeks, Tolo news reported on Friday, citing the United Nations.According to the report, the heavy rains and resulting floods, which affected the country from March 26 to April 6, struck communities in numerous provinces, inundating hundreds of villages. More than 73,000 people have been impacted by the disaster.Over 9,000 homes have been damaged and more than 15,500 acres of agricultu…
Kabul, April 10 (IANS): One person was killed and 15 others were injured when a vehicle crashed into a residential house in eastern Afghanistan’s Logar province, a local police official said on Friday. The accident occurred on the outskirts of Pul-e-Alam, the provincial capital, due to reckless driving, provincial police spokesman Mawlawi Ahmadullah Anas said, Xinhua News Agency reported. The injured were taken to nearby health facilities, where their conditions were reported to be stable, he ad…
Kabul, April 7 (IANS) Three women were killed and two children injured as a wall collapsed in Afghanistan’s Khost province following heavy rainfall and flash floods, local media reported. According to the local Governor’s spokesperson, Mustaghfar Gurbaz, the incident occurred in Gingini village in Maton area of Khost on Monday. He said that the wall collapsed after recent rainfall as it had weakened its structure. Gurbaz further said that injured children were taken to a nearby health facility, …
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that escalating clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan risk regional instability and urged two nations to hold dialogue and protect civilians, local media reported on Friday. Guterres voiced concern over rising clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan and urged both sides to avoid further military confrontation. He urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to resolve disputes through talks and diplomacy and uphold international obligat…
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 11 (IANS) One person was killed and another injured in a mine collapse in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local media reported on Wednesday citing local police officials. In a statement on Wednesday, the provincial police headquarters stated that the incident took place at a sapphire mine in the Mamand Tor Nawo area of Spin Ghar district on Tuesday, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.According to the statement, one person was killed while another was injured after they were buried under …
Kabul, Feb 8 (IANS) At least eight people were killed when a gas cylinder exploded inside a residential home in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the city’s governor’s office said in a statement on Saturday evening. According to the statement, the incident occurred in Police District 21 when a family was using a gas heater to warm their home during cold winter weather. The cylinder exploded due to a gas leak, resulting in the fatalities, Xinhua News Agency reported. Most households in Afghanistan, wh…
Kabul, Feb 6 (IANS) Three people, all women from the same family, were killed and another was injured after a gas cylinder exploded inside a house in eastern Afghanistan’s Khost province on Thursday evening, provincial police spokesman Tahir Ehrar said Friday. The ill-fated family was using a gas heater to warm their house in the chilly winter weather, but the cylinder of the heater exploded due to gas leakage, causing the fatalities, the official added.A male member of the affected family who w…