Afghanistan: 6 killed, several injured in road accident in Kabul
Afghanistan traffic accident: In a major traffic accident, at least six people killed and several injured in Afghanistan’s Kabul.
Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that six people were killed as a car collided with a vehicle in Kabul.
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Six people died, and two others were injured in the accident in the Qara Bagh district of Kabul when a car collided with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.
In a similar incident on Sunday, a passenger bus from Kabul turned turtle in the Shar-e-Safa district of the southern province of Zabul, killing the driver and injuring 19 other people.
Recently, a traffic accident in Afghanistan’s western province of Badghis, killed three people, including a truck driver, according to the media sources.
The accident occurred at 8:00 am local time when a fast-driven truck was in the Band-e-Sabzak area outside of the provincial capital Qala-e-Naw.
A similar incident occurred in the eastern province of Nangarhar, killing two people on the spot. The incident occurred when a freight truck and motorcycle collided.
There has been increase in traffic incidents in Afghanistan which is directly linked to several factors, including reckless driving, dilapidated roads, poorly maintained vehicles, and lack of attention to traffic rules.
Over the past three months, traffic accidents have reportedly claimed the lives of more than 400 people in the country, as per media sources.
- With inputs from agencies
