JALALABAD: A truck overturned in jap Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 18 folks, together with 10 kids, a provincial official stated.
The automobile was carrying Afghan households getting back from Pakistan when it crashed on the highway between Jalalabad and the capital, Kabul, in keeping with Abdul Malik Niazay, spokesperson for the governor of Laghman province.
“Eighteen folks have died, together with 10 kids, 5 ladies and three males. As well as, 29 folks have been injured,” Niazay stated.
Authorities stated the victims had been a part of a bunch of Afghan migrants returning dwelling from Pakistan, the place that they had been dwelling.
Highway accidents are frequent in Afghanistan resulting from poor infrastructure, many years of battle, lax visitors regulation and harmful driving situations.
Pakistan has lately tightened its coverage on Afghan refugees and migrants, prompting elevated returns. In keeping with figures from the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM), round 447,400 Afghans have returned from Pakistan because the starting of the yr.
Learn extra, Heavy rain, floods kill 22 folks in Afghanistan
Earlier, not less than 25 folks have misplaced their lives after intense rainfall triggered extreme flooding in Afghanistan, resulting in the collapse of quite a few buildings.
Over the previous two days, 32 folks have additionally been injured, in keeping with the nation’s Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority (NDMA), which warned on Monday, March 30, that the specter of additional dangerous climate stays excessive.
An NDMA official reported that 22 fatalities, 32 accidents, and injury to 241 houses had been recorded throughout 13 provinces resulting from floods and different weather-related incidents.
The worst-affected areas embrace central and jap provinces comparable to Parwan, Maidan Wardak, Daykundi, and Logar, the place heavy downpours brought on flash floods that destroyed houses, notably in rural and mountainous areas.
