CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): The Salang Pass that links Kabul with northern Afghanistan was closed on Saturday for heavy vehicles after a strong snowstorm lashed the key highway, an official said. Samiullah Rahimi, Salang Pass ’s maintenance in-charge, told...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Two people have been killed and two others wounded when an Afghan Air Force (AAF) helicopter crashed in the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Attaullah Kogyani, the governor’s...
AIBAK (Pajhwok): Samangan province spokesperson has been killed in a traffic accident and his colleague injured, an official said on Friday. Police Spokesperson Munir Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News Spokesperson Mohammad Sediq Azizi and his...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A seven-year-old child has been killed and three others have been wounded as a result of a roof collapse in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Seeking visas, 15 people, including 11 women , were killed and a dozen others wounded in a stampede outside the Pakistani consulate in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning.
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least nine security personnel have been killed after two Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopters collided in southern Helmand province.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday said a Kam Air airline flight from northeastern Badakhshan province to capital Kabul landed safely after developing a technical glitch. A statement from the CAA received by Pajhwok...
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Five people were killed and four others injured in a traffic accident in western Herat province on Thursday, an official said. Governor Spokesperson Jilani Farhad said two cars collided with a lorry truck on the Herat-Islam...
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): At least 10 people, including women and children, were killed and another six injured as result of a traffic accident in western Herat province on Thursday morning, an official said. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman,...
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): A Wolesi Jirga delegation on Wednesday said donated goods for flood-hit families were hidden in 10 stock rooms in central Parwan province and were not given to the affectees. At least 157 individuals, including women and children...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Two pilots were killed as Afghan Air Force MD530 helicopter crashed in Pul-e Khumri city of northern Baghlan province on Thursday, a statement from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. “An Afghan Air Force MD 530 helicopter crashed...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A speedy police vehicle crushed one child to death and injured three others in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Tuesday, an official said. Governor Spokesperson Attaullah Khogyani confirmed the accident...
AIBAK (Pajhwok): A fire swept through a wood market in northern Samangan province on Wednesday, causing around two million afghanis losses on shop owners, an official said.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): One individual was killed and 10 others were wounded as a result of a traffic accident in eastern Laghman province on Wednesday, an official said. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the...
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Seven children were injured when the wall of a house collapsed in this capital city of southeastern Paktia province on Friday. Police spokesman Yusuf Hanif told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in second security district...
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least eight people, including women and children, were killed when a riverboat sank in Kajaki district of southern Helmand province on Wednesday, an official said. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The State Ministry for Natural Disasters Management says recent floods in nine provinces killed 189 people and injured 172 others and completely or partially destroyed around 4,000 houses. Ghulam Bahauddin Jilani, State Minister for...
TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopter crashed on Tuesday in the Rastaq district of northern Takhar province, according to security sources. A well placed security source told Pajhwok Afghan News an ANA helicopter crashed this...