KABUL, Afghanistan — A truck carrying Afghan refugees coming back from neighboring Pakistan overturned on a freeway in jap Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at the least 22 individuals and injuring about 36 others, most of them girls and kids, officers mentioned.
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The accident occurred in Laghman province on the principle freeway linking Kabul, the Afghan capital, with Nangarhar province, mentioned Abdul Malik Niazai, the spokesperson for the provincial governor.
He mentioned among the many lifeless have been 10 kids and 5 girls, and the injured have been taken to hospitals in Nangarhar.
The provincial director of public well being. Aminullah Sharif, mentioned 22 individuals have been killed and about 36 injured. He mentioned the accident occurred when the truck fell right into a ditch after the driving force fell asleep.
The passengers have been amongst hundreds of Afghans who not too long ago returned from Pakistan, which launched a crackdown on migrants in 2023, and has since deported or pressured many to go away. Iran additionally intensified expulsions of Afghan migrants across the identical time. Since then, thousands and thousands of Afghans have returned house from the 2 nations, together with many who have been born in Pakistan and had spent many years dwelling and dealing there.
In a separate accident within the jap province of Nuristan, a automotive fell off the street right into a river on Friday evening, injuring the driving force and leaving 4 passengers lacking, the governor’s workplace mentioned Saturday. Rescue crews have been trying to find the 4, the workplace mentioned.
Visitors accidents are frequent throughout Afghanistan, the place roads are poorly maintained and drivers routinely ignore visitors rules.
