Kabul, April 5 – At least one person was killed and five others were seriously injured in a traffic accident on the major Kabul-Kandahar highway in Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan, the official Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday.
The accident occurred on Saturday evening in the Sayyed Abad district of the province. Following the accident, the injured were promptly transported to a nearby medical facility for treatment, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The incident has brought renewed attention to road safety challenges on Afghanistan's vital transportation corridors.
On April 3, two commuters were killed and 13 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus veered off the road in Ghazni province, eastern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Khalid Sarhadi said.
The deadly accident occurred on the main road in Qarabagh district early Friday morning, the official said, adding that efforts were being made to search for a missing boy.
Blaming reckless driving for the accident, Sarhadi said an investigation into the accident is underway.
On March 28, one commuter was killed and 10 others sustained injuries when a mini-bus struck two motorists in Laghman province, eastern Afghanistan, according to a statement from the provincial police office.
According to the statement, a mini-bus collided with a three-wheeled rickshaw and a motorcycle simultaneously in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital, on March 28, killing one person on the spot and injuring 10 others, including five children and two women.
All the injured commuters were taken to the hospital for medical treatment, the statement said, urging drivers to respect traffic rules and regulations while driving to avoid road accidents.
On March 1, at least three people were killed and six others were injured in a highway accident in Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, the provincial police office said in a statement.
The incident occurred when two high-speed vehicles collided due to reckless driving in the Hadbakhshi region along the Jawzjan-Sari Pul highway, killing both drivers and a female passenger on the spot and injuring six others, including two children, the statement added.
