No less than 50 folks killed in accidents on the identical freeway in Ghazni province between Kabul and southern Kandahar metropolis.
Two bus crashes in central Afghanistan have killed not less than 50 folks and injured dozens extra, in response to officers.
The accidents happened on the identical freeway in Ghazni province between the capital, Kabul, and southern Kandahar metropolis late on Wednesday, provincial head of data and tradition Hamidullah Nisar stated on X on Thursday.
Within the first, a passenger bus collided with a gasoline tanker close to Shahbaz village in central Ghazni. Within the different accident, a bus hit a truck within the jap district of Andar, Nisar stated.
Hafiz Omar, a spokesman for the governor of Ghazni province, stated 50 folks have been killed within the accidents.
Taliban chief authorities spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid put the dying toll at 52 and stated 65 folks have been injured. Different officers stated as much as 76 folks have been injured.
“We discovered with nice remorse that two deadly site visitors accidents occurred on the Kabul-Kandahar Freeway,” Mujahid stated in an announcement.
“These incidents have deeply disturbed and saddened us … We urge the related authorities to conduct a direct investigation into each incidents, establish the causes, and take obligatory actions to stop such tragedies sooner or later,” he added.
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Omar stated: “The injured have been taken to hospitals in Ghazni and authorities are within the technique of handing over the our bodies to households.”
Sufferers in a extra severe situation have been transferred to Kabul, he added; ladies and youngsters are among the many casualties.
Visitors accidents are widespread in Afghanistan, due partially to poor roads after many years of battle, harmful driving on highways, and an absence of regulation.
In March, greater than 20 folks have been killed and 38 injured when a bus collided with a gasoline tanker and burst into flames in southern Helmand province.
One other severe accident involving a gasoline tanker happened in December 2022, when the automobile overturned and caught fireplace in Afghanistan’s high-altitude Salang Cross, killing 31 folks and leaving dozens extra with burns.
