The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Monday that 75 people have died and three others injured in drowning incidents across the country since the start of the current solar year 1405. The authority’s spokesperson, Hafiz Mohammad Yousuf Hamad, said the fatalities include 27 men, seven women, and 41 children. He added that the More
Eight people were killed and 16 others injured in a traffic accident in Shinwari district of central Parwan province on Tuesday, a police official said. Police spokesman Fazal-ur-Rahim Muskinyar said the accident took place this morning in the district when a van swerved off the road and overturned. Views: 7
A Toyota Corolla-type vehicle fell from the road into a river in Parun, the capital of Nuristan province, leaving four people missing in the water and the driver injured. According to a statement from the Nuristan media office, the incident happened last night in the Jangal Posta area of Parun, the provincial capital, when a More
Three youths have died after drowning while swimming in the Malistan district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Friday. In a statement, the police headquarters said the incident took place in the Sherdagh area of the district on Thursday. It said the youths had attempted to swim in stagnant water, but all three drowned More
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu says the deployment of US and NATO military infrastructure in Afghanistan or neighbouring countries is unacceptable, a media report said on Thursday. Shoigu made the remarks at the third meeting of Central Asia-Russia Security Council secretaries on Wednesday, NAMPA TV reported. He said in light of recent developments in More
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are among Tehran’s concerns, and it supports any measure aimed at reducing hostility and easing tensions between the two neighbouring countries. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, in response to a question about the possibility of mediation between Kabul and Islamabad, said Iran’s More
Kabul police command says four people, including Ehsanullah, the son of Allah Gul Mujahid, a former member of the Wolesi Jirga during the previous government, were killed in a shooting in the Sarai Shahzada area. Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Kabul police command, told Pajhwok that the incident took place today at around 2:00 p.m. More
The bodies of two men and two children have been recovered from a river following a traffic accident on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in the Surobi district of Kabul province, the National Disaster Preparedness Authority (NDPA) said on Saturday. In a statement, NDPA said two vehicles collided in Surobi district on Friday before plunging into the More
Six people were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in the Daman district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Saturday. The accident occurred on the Kandahar–Kabul highway when a Corolla passenger car collided with a trailer truck. Police spokesman Mullah Asadullah Jamshid told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took More
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations said at a UN Security Council meeting that Pakistani forces caused hundreds of civilian casualties in Afghanistan during the first three months of this year and also ignored the UN Secretary-General’s call to protect civilians. According to reports, around 770 civilians were martyred and nearly 720 others injured More
