The General Directorate of Traffic Police reports that nearly 400 people have died and more than 900 people have been injured in traffic accidents in the country since the beginning of the solar year.

According to a statement issued by the provincial police office, an automobile accident in Badghis claimed the lives of at least five passengers and injured nine others.

Officials of the Ministry of Public Works say that they have started the reconstruction of Herat-Kabul and Kabul-Salang highways.