{"id":14473,"date":"2025-08-30T05:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=14473"},"modified":"2025-08-30T05:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:10:23","slug":"heavy-flooding-in-nangarhar-caused-to-closure-of-the-torkham-jalalabad-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2025\/08\/30\/heavy-flooding-in-nangarhar-caused-to-closure-of-the-torkham-jalalabad-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy flooding in Nangarhar caused to closure of the Torkham-Jalalabad highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: As a result of heavy rainfall and flooding in Nangarhar province, the strategic Torkham-Jalalabad highway has been closed to traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local reporter of Radio Omid reported this morning that the highway was blocked following the destruction of the &#8220;Pul-e-Safid&#8221; bridge in the 28 Wiala area of the Ghani Khil district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closure has left thousands stranded on both sides of the highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local officials from the Nangarhar governor&#8217;s office have confirmed that the districts of &#8220;Spin Ghar, Chaparhar, Rodat, Surkh Rod, and Haskamina&#8221; have experienced heavy rainfall and flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the office, the flooding in these districts has caused significant human and financial losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Chaparhar district, the flood swept away four residents, three of whom have been rescued, while one remains missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local authorities have emphasized that the information provided is preliminary and that further details will be shared later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes after the Meteorological Directorate of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation recently warned of heavy rainfall in ten provinces, including Nangarhar, today&nbsp;and&nbsp;tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: As a result of heavy rainfall and flooding in Nangarhar province, the strategic Torkham-Jalalabad highway has been closed to traffic. Local reporter of Radio Omid reported this morning that the highway was blocked following the destruction of the &#8220;Pul-e-Safid&#8221; bridge in the 28 Wiala area of the Ghani Khil district. The closure has left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14476,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14473\/revisions\/14476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}