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At least 21 people have been killed and 38 others injured in a road accident in southern Afghanistan. A statement from the department in Helmand said the accident occurred Sunday morning in the Gerask district of Helmand province on the main highway between southern Kandahar and western Herat provinces.
Kadartullah, a traffic official in Helmand, said a motorcycle collided with a passenger bus, which then collided with a fuel tank on the opposite side of the road. He said that the accident is being investigated.
Hazatullah Haqqani, spokesman for the Helmand police chief, said 11 of the 38 injured were admitted to hospitals with serious injuries. Traffic accidents are common in Afghanistan, mainly due to poor road conditions and driver negligence.
Let us tell you that last week only seven people died when a vehicle overturned in Nimroz province of Afghanistan. Three people were injured in this accident. The provincial traffic police officer had said that the road accident occurred on the road connecting Dilaram district. According to the news agency, 4 men, 2 women and a child died on the spot in Zaranj city. Three people including a child were injured. According to data from the National Traffic Authority, more than 1,600 people have lost their lives and more than 4,000 have been injured in road accidents in the Central Asian country in the last 10 months.