Passenger bus crash in Afghanistan kills 25 people
- At least 26 people have been killed and 14 injured after a bus overturned down a rocky embankment in Afghanistan.
- The crash occurred around 3am today in Arghandi, outside Kabul.
- Taliban officials and villagers worked to pull bodies from the wreckage and rush the wounded to hospitals.
- Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani stated that the crash was caused due to reckless driving, as reported by ABC News.
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Afghanistan bus crash kills 25
At least 25 people were killed and 27 injured when a bus overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, authorities told AFP, a week after the country's deadliest road accident in years. The crash happened "due to the driver's negligence" on a highway near the capital Kabul leading to the southern city of Kandahar, interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said. Qani said 25 people were killed and 27 were being treated at hospitals for inju…
At least 25 dead in Afghanistan bus crash
KABUL: A bus overturned on a highway near Kabul, leading to Kandahar, on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring 27 others, authorities reported. The crash was caused by the driver’s negligence, according to Abdul Mateen Qani, a spokesperson for Afghanistan’s interior ministry. The injured individuals are being treated in hospitals, though the severity of their injuries has not been specified. This incident follows another deadly cras…
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