The death toll from recent heavy rain and hail in three Afghan provinces ... the drought," said Abdullah Jan Sayeq, spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority.

urging "the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to place a moratorium on the use of the death penalty." Thousands of Afghan refugees in Pakistan have left via the Torkham border crossing as part ...

In Afghanistan, at least 50 people have been killed due to heavy rain and flooding in central parts of the country. The numbers of casualties are likely to rise as dozens of people are still missing.

KABUL, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Hailstorm and flash floods have caused casualties and property damages in the northern Afghanistan's Badakhsan province on Friday, reported the state-run Radio and Television ...

Heavy rainfall triggered flash floods on the outskirts of the province's Jorm district. Provincial director for the disaster management authority Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari has confirmed that two ...

Afghanistan." There are no immediate reports of casualties or structural damage, but authorities and humanitarian agencies are closely monitoring the situation. The Hindu Kush mountain range ...

A collective bowling effort saw Afghanistan restrict Bangladesh to 169/9 in a rain-curtailed ODI series opener in Chattogram on Wednesday (July 5). Towhid Hridoy's responsible 51 was the only ...

About 1,500 people died in Afghanistan from the beginning of the year to August, according to the U.N. report released this week. The report did not say what the death toll was for August.

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN)-- Two soldiers wounded by explosions in southern Afghanistan have died , bringing to 201 the number of British troops killed in the country since 2001, officials said Sunday.