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).
Ariana: Local officials in Ghazni province said a traffic accident happened late Tuesday on the Kabul – Kandahar highway in Nani area of Ghazni province leaving six people dead and 32 injured. Children and women are among the victims, officials said. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said Sunday in a post on X that 17 people had died and 10 others were injured in 10 separate traffic accidents on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in a single day. Zadran said the accidents happened in various areas in the Sorubi district in Kabul province. Click here to read
Ariana: Officials at Herat Regional Hospital say around 260 people have been injured as a result of traffic incidents in this province over the last five days. Reckless driving, overspeeding, decline to follow traffic rules are said to be the main reasons for road accidents. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: It appears that the Taliban issued this warning in response to a rise in traffic incidents in Ghazni. However, some healthcare workers view this action by the Taliban as a violation of public health regulations. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The general directorate of police traffic said that since the beginning of 1402 (solar year), nearly 400 people have died and over 900 others have been injured in more than six hundred traffic incidents throughout the country. According to the figures of the directorate, 13 children and 57 women died in these events.