In Afghanistan, at least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by an inferno at the trade crossing with Iran. The huge blaze broke out at Islam Qala port 120 kilometers from the western city of ...

Deadly traffic accidents are common in Afghanistan, due in part to poor roads, dangerous driving on highways and lack of regulation. In December 2022, an oil tanker overturned and caught fire in ...

In December 2022, at least 31 people were killed when an oil tanker overturned and caught fire in Afghanistan’s Salang pass. The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking news brand ...

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities set on fire 30.5 tons of poor quality, substandard and outdated foodstuff and medicines outside Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital ...

Nassau County firefighters battled a fire in an Afghan clothing store Wednesday afternoon in Hicksville, and no injuries were reported. The fire at the Afghan Bazaar clothing boutique on West ...

The “friendly fire” incident occurred after Afghan and U.S. forces “came under effective small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire” and requested air support, Army Lt. Ubon Mendie ...

The oil in which the late King Nadir Khan of Afghanistan boiled an opposing general and all his staff (TIME, Sept. 2, 1929) was castor oil, a primitive product of the country. Mineral oil is too ...