A minimum of 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 line with 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 knowledge and tradition Hamidullah Nisar mentioned 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 mentioned.
Hafiz Omar, a spokesman for the governor of Ghazni province, mentioned 50 folks have been killed within the accidents.
Taliban chief authorities spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid put the dying toll at 52 and mentioned 65 folks have been injured. Different officers mentioned 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 mentioned 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 mentioned: “The injured have been taken to hospitals in Ghazni and authorities are within the means of handing over the our bodies to households.”
Sufferers in a extra critical situation have been transferred to Kabul, he added; ladies and youngsters are among the many casualties.
Visitors accidents are frequent in Afghanistan, due partially to poor roads after a long time of battle, harmful driving on highways, and a scarcity 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 critical accident involving a gasoline tanker happened in December 2022, when the automobile overturned and caught fireplace in Afghanistan’s high-altitude Salang Go, killing 31 folks and leaving dozens extra with burns.
