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12:53, 08-Sep-2018
15 killed, 25 injured in road accident in S. Afghanistan
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12:17, 11-Sep-2018
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At least 15 people were killed and 25 others injured after a long-distance bus collided with a truck in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar on Saturday, a provincial government spokesman said.
The incident happened at around 6:00 a.m. local time when a head-on passenger bus collided with a running cargo truck along Kandahar-Heart roadway in Hawz-e-Madad area of Zhari district, Xinhua News Agency reports citing provincial governor spokesman Aziz Ahmad Azizi.
"Those among the killed were three women and three children, and three women and a child were among the injured," he added.
Road mishaps are frequent in the mountainous country and occur mostly due to poor road condition and reckless driving.
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