A passenger bus overturned in Kabul on Wednesday morning (27/8), killing at least 25 people, according to Taliban officials.
As reported by abcnews, the accident occurred in the Arghandeh district when the bus, carrying passengers from Helmand and Kandahar, was coming from southern Afghanistan.
A passenger bus overturned in #Afghanistan‘s capital, killing at least 25 people, a Taliban official says.https://t.co/mCQgKR4SMM
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Afghanistan: Second deadly tragedy in just days
Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Matin Qani said the cause of the accident was reckless driving and added that 27 people were injured. The incident occurred less than a week after another deadly traffic accident in Herat province, where approximately 80 people lost their lives.
