Khaama: Nearly 30 people have reportedly been injured, according to the Taliban health officials in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan, as a result of a traffic accident on the Kabul-Kandahar highway. The disastrous traffic accident happened as a consequence of a collision of a Mazda car that was related to a wedding ceremony with a
Ariana: Herat provincial officials said Sunday that 11 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) members were killed in a traffic accident on the Herat-lslam Qala highway. Mahmood Shah Rasouli, spokesman for Herat police said that an IEA Ranger vehicle collided with a another vehicle. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Salang Pass is one of the major highways of the country connecting Kabul to the Northern provinces and usually being blocked during the winter due to harsh weather. Accidents that usually result in causalities are being reported from time to time on this highway, mostly during the winter season. Click here to read more
8am: A traffic accident in the Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar province left 3 dead and 2 injured, sources in the province confirm. Sayed Yusuf, a local official in the district confirmed the accident and said it had taken place on Friday night, February 18. Mr. Yusuf has stated the negligence of drivers as the
8am: Sources in Kunduz confirmed that five people were killed in a traffic accident on the Kunduz-Baghlan highway. The incident took place today, Friday, December 24, in the Gurdab region. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi July 31, 2021 At least 20 people have been killed and 18 others injured in two separate traffic accidents, local officials told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. Both accidents took place in Laghman Province on the main highway linking the Afghan capital, Kabul, and eastern Nangarhar Province, Asadullah Dawlatzai, a spokesman for the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 27, 2021 Afghan officials say at least seven people were killed and more than 70 others were injured in an overnight traffic accident near the capital, Kabul. The accident involved two passenger buses that crashed head-on in the Paghman district along the Kabul–Kandahar highway, Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said
Radio Free Afghanistan April 23, 2021 At least 15 people were killed when a truck and passenger bus collided in Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul. Regional spokesman Gul Islam Sial told RFE/RL on April 23 that at least 12 more people were injured in the overnight crash that occurred in the Shar-e Safa district of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 14, 2019 A road accident in southeast Iran has killed 28 Afghan nationals, the semiofficial ILNA news agency reports. The report says 21 people were also injured when two crowded minibuses collided near the town of Khash in Sistan and Baluchistan Province early on November 14, some 1,500 kilometers southeast
Tolo News: At least six people were killed, 12 others were wounded in a traffic accident in Kandahar highway on Saturday morning, local officials said. The incident happened in Maiwand district, the deputy head of provincial Traffic Department, Sardar Mohammad Naseri, said. Click here to read more (external link).