At least 17 people were killed, and 35 others wounded as a passenger bus overturned in the Khanjan district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. Qari Mohammad Nazir Abid, head of the traffic department, said the accident took place when a passenger-bus fell into a ditch in the Mulkhan area of north More
Three dozen people, including five members of a family, have lost their lives in heavy rains and storms in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. More than 230 others were wounded on Monday when fierce storms and torrential rains battered Jalalabad, the provincial capital, and several other districts. Information and Culture Director Sediqullah Quraishi confirmed the casualties, More
Eight people were wounded in a powerful bomb attack on Bannu Cantonment in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday morning. Helicopters flew over the heavily-guarded area in the wake of the bombing and gunfire, local security sources told reporters. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one official said the explosive device went off between the More
At least three people have been killed and two others wounded as a result of a shooting in southwestern Germany. The Associated Press reported that a domestic dispute took place in the town of Albstadt on Sunday. The dead included the suspected shooter, another man and a woman, police spokesperson Ramona Döttling told a local More
US President Joe Biden says they will resolve their differences at the ballot box. Reuters reported: “In America we resolve our differences at the ballot box. Now that’s how we do it. At the ballot box. Not with bullets”. Biden added. “We can’t allow this violence to be normalized. The political rhetoric in this country More
About 55 passengers were missing on Monday after two buses overturned as a result of a landslide in Nepal, officials said on Monday. Reuters reported two passenger buses overturned as a result of a landslide in Chitwan district of western Kathmandu, the nation’s capital, on Friday. “There are no chances of finding survivors. Our focus More
At least five people have been killed and 20 others wounded as a result of a bomb blast in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, a media report said on Monday. NBS news quoted the Somalia police spokesman as saying: “Some people were watching the European soccer final between Spain and England on a screen inside More
A journalist associated with a Peshawar-based newspaper has been gunned down in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Hassan Zeb, who worked for Daily Aaj, was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists in Akbarpura area on Sunday, his brother Anwar Zeb told police. In the first information report (FIR), Anwar Zeb said he escaped unscathed More
Unleashed by heavy rains, flash floods destroyed crops on hundreds of acres of land in Daimardad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday night, the Disaster Preparedness Department said on Sunday. Faizullah Jalali, head of the department, said the flash floods roared through residential homes shrtly after 10:30pm last night, but fortunately caused no More
India has announced 1,000 scholarships for Afghan students to pursue their undergraduate and post graduate studies in online mode for year 2024-2025. The scholarships through e-VidyaBharati (e-VB) Network Project (ilean portal) under “Special Scholarship Scheme for Afghan Nationals” at Indian Central & State Universities/Institutes for the academic session from July 2024 (Academic Year 2024-2025). Indian More
