Amu: Separate traffic accidents in the northern provinces of Samangan and Jawzjan, as well as the central province of Bamiyan, left eight people dead and nine others injured, including a child, Taliban officials said Tuesday. Road accidents have recently surged across Afghanistan, killing dozens and injuring many more. Residents cite poor road conditions, lack of
8am: The findings of this report indicate that widespread corruption in the traffic department under Taliban control has significantly increased. Based on these findings, applicants receive driving licenses and vehicle permits without taking exams and by paying money. Meanwhile, citizens say this process has endangered the lives of thousands and turned roads into deadly scenes.
Afghanistan International: A passenger bus overturned on the Kabul–Kandahar highway late Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring 27 others, Taliban officials said. The accident comes just over a week after another deadly crash in Herat, where a bus carrying Afghan migrants deported from Iran overturned, killing 79 people. Click here to read more
Afghanistan International: At least 71 people, including 17 children, were killed when a passenger bus carrying Afghan migrants deported from Iran collided with a truck and a motorcycle on a highway in western Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. Taliban police blamed the accident on the bus driver’s “high speed and recklessness.” Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesman for
8am: In Nangarhar’s Khogyani district, a tragic incident occurred when a vehicle belonging to the Taliban intelligence service ran over and killed two women, according to local sources. The incident took place on the evening of Saturday, 26 July 2025, in the Chamtali area. A local source reported that the Hilux vehicle was traveling at
8am: The Taliban have no traffic control stations or patrol units to regulate traffic flow on any of Afghanistan’s highways. All Taliban traffic police structures are concentrated in cities and focus not on regulating traffic but on extorting money from people and harassing them. Numerous images shared by citizens show that the Taliban when inspecting
8am: In the past three months, traffic incidents across Afghanistan have claimed over 190 lives and injured 400 others, occurring in more than 19 provinces. The most severe incidents include road collisions, vehicles veering off roads, and vehicles overturning or plunging into rivers. The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) responded to the increase in traffic incidents
Tolo News: Following two deadly traffic accidents in Ghazni province, 52 people have died, and 70 others have been injured. Local officials in Ghazni report that the first incident occurred at 10 PM last night in the Shahbaz area of Ghazni city, and the second incident took place half an hour later in the Nani
Khaama: The Ministry of Interior of the Taliban administration recently announced in a press conference that in the past six months, 949 people have lost their lives due to traffic accidents across the country. Traffic incidents are considered one of the main causes of death in Afghanistan, with at least one or several incidents being
Ariana: At least 21 people were killed and 38 others were injured in a traffic incident involving three vehicles in southern Helmand province on Sunday, officials said. The incident took place on the Herat-Kandahar highway in Yakchal area of Gershak district of Helmand. Click here to read more (external link).