52 people were killed and 65 injured in two bus accidents on a route across central Afghanistan that involved a fuel tanker and a truck, Taliban government spokespeople reported Thursday.
Hamidullah Nisar, the provincial head of communication and culture, said the accidents occurred in Ghazni province late Wednesday on the same highway between the southern Kandahar city and the capital Kabul. He did not say the number of people killed or injured in each accident.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the main government spokesman, said, “We learned with great regret that two fatal traffic accidents occurred on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway, in which 52 of our compatriots were killed and 65 others were injured.”
Two buses struck a truck in the eastern part of Ghazni and a fuel tanker close to Shahbaz hamlet in the central part.
