Kabul, March 29 – One commuter was killed and 10 others were injured when a minibus collided with two motorists in Laghman province, east Afghanistan, according to a statement from the provincial police office on Sunday.
According to the statement, the minibus collided with a three-wheeled rickshaw and a motorcycle simultaneously in the provincial capital of Mehtarlam on Saturday afternoon due to carelessness, killing one person on the spot and injuring 10 others, including five children and two women, Xinhua News Agency reported.
All the injured commuters have been 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, north 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.
The injured were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, according to the statement, which also urged drivers to strictly adhere to traffic rules to prevent further tragedies.
Deadly road accidents remain a persistent problem in war-torn Afghanistan, often attributed to deteriorating road conditions, reckless driving, and inadequate safety measures amid the country's challenging terrain and limited infrastructure.
Earlier on January 31, the provincial police office said that three commuters were killed and two others were injured in a road accident in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province.
The fatal incident occurred when two speeding vehicles collided in the Qala-e-Baday region of Dushi district, killing three passengers, including a woman and a child on the spot and injuring two others, according to the statement.
This follows another deadly crash in northern Badakhshan province on January 29, in which two people died and one was injured after a vehicle veered off a mountainous road and plunged into a ravine.