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Earthquake of 4.1 magnitude jolts Afghanistan’s Fayzabad

10th April, 2023 · admin

Ariana: An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck 86 kilometers southeast of Badakhshan’s capital Fayzabad in Afghanistan on Monday morning, India’s National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in a tweet. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 9:23 am local time. No further details were available and so for there have been no reports of

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Posted in Environmental News | Tags: Badakhshan, Earthquake, Weather |
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Earthquake of 4.4 Magnitude Jolts Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province

8th April, 2023 · admin

Khaama: An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 jolted the eastern province of Afghanistan, Nangarhar, including Kabul, on Saturday afternoon. According to Pakistan’s National Seismic Monitoring Center, the tremor occurred at around 1:37 pm local time, and its epicentre was in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Nangarhar is one of the country’s provinces prone to

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Posted in Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Nangarhar |
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Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province

7th April, 2023 · admin

Khaama: An earthquake of Magnitude 3.9 jolted the northeastern province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan, on Friday, according to the Volcano Discovery. The tremor’s epicentre was Badakhshan, 16km west of Ishqashim of Tajikistan, felt around 7:19 am local time on April 7. Badakhshan is one of the provinces in the country primarily prone to natural disasters, including

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Posted in Environmental News | Tags: Badakhshan, Earthquake, Natural Disasters |
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Flash Flood Kills 1, wounds 10 in Northeast Afghanistan

6th April, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Heavy rains and flood killed one person and hurt more than ten others in the Bangi District of Takhar province, said Qari Mohibullah Nikzad, director for information and culture, on Wednesday. Meanwhile, he added that the natural disaster had human and financial losses. The flash flood destroyed several houses and damaged thousands of acres

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Flood, Natural Disasters, Rain, Takhar, Weather |
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21 dead, over a hundred injured in natural disasters in past 2 weeks

5th April, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Officials say 21 people have died and more than 100 people have been injured due to heavy rains, floods and earthquakes in Afghanistan over the past two weeks. Shafiullah Rahimi, the spokesperson of the State Ministry for Disaster Management, says that the casualties happened in 30 provinces of the country due to earthquakes, heavy

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Flood, Natural Disasters, Weather |
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Earthquake of Magnitude 4.3 Hits Afghanistan

2nd April, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted Afghanistan’s Faizabad capital city of Badakhshan province on Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology of India (NCS). The earthquake’s epicentre was Ishkashim town, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan and the tremor was felt around 3:33 pm local time with a depth of 130 km. This is the third earthquake

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Posted in Environmental News | Tags: Badakhshan, Earthquake |
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Heavy Rains and Flash Floods Affected 645 Families in Afghanistan: UN

29th March, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said due to the recent heavy rains and flash floods in seven provinces, at least 645 families have been affected. The organization has said that international aid organizations are assessing the delivery of life-saving aid to the affected families throughout Afghanistan during these difficult times. According to the

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Flood, Natural Disasters |
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Heavy Rain and Flooding in Helmand Claim the Lives of Ten Nomads

25th March, 2023 · admin

8am: According to local sources in Helmand, as a result of flooding in the province, 10 nomads have lost their lives. On Saturday, a reliable local source, who did not want to be named, told that these floods occurred overnight in the villages of Tazani and Khashrod in the Nawzad district of Helmand province. Click

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Flood, Natural Disasters, Rain, Snow |
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Earthquake and Flash Floods Kill at Least 10 People in Afghanistan

24th March, 2023 · admin

Khaama: State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management of the Islamic Emirate says that due to recent flash floods and earthquakes, at least 10 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured. Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesperson of the State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management on Thursday announced the latest update on the number of deaths

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Flood |
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Earthquake Destroyed Around 665 Houses in Several Provinces of Afghanistan: OCHA

23rd March, 2023 · admin

Khaama: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that the earthquake damaged and destroyed around 665 houses across Badakhshan, Bamyan, Panjshir, Parwan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Samangan, and Takhar Provinces. The organization added that the earthquake in Badakhshan killed five people. In contrast, it injured 58 others and “Partners have deployed assessment

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Natural Disasters |
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