Five passengers were killed and 37 others injured in a bus accident on Herat-Kandahar highway today.
Qudratullah Khoshbakht, spokesman for Kandahar governor, said that the accident took place when a 303-bus overturned in Panjwai district at around 6am.
He linked the accident to the driver’s negligence, adding the injured were evacuated to the Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar city.
A hospital official, meanwhile, said 22 of the injured were discharged after being administered first medical aid. The remaining 15 are under medical treatment and they are said to be in stable condition.
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