Bus crash leaves 20 killed, 24 injured

[Haris]

Estimated 20 killed, 24
injured in Kandahar
accident



KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): At least 20 people were killed and 24 others
wounded when a 303 model passenger bus flipped over Saturday in the
southern province of Kandahar, officials said.

The accident took place at around 6am on Kabul-Kandahar Highway in the
Daman district of Kandahar, the governor’s spokesman, Zalmay Ayubi, told
Pajhwok Afghan News.

Twenty passengers died and 24 others were injured, Ayubi said.
The incident occurred because of the bus driver's fast and reckless driving,
said provincial traffic department head Mohammadullah, adding that the
department had sent a team to the scene to investigate and a team of
doctors to provide first aid to the victims.

Up to 24 wounded were taken to Mirwais Hospital, where many of the
victims were in critical condition, a doctor at the hospital said on condition
of anonymity. The number of fatalities might soar due to the critical injuries
of the victims, the source added.

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Khdai de dey wosoti.
May they rest in peace.

[Laila]

Inna Lillahi wa Inna Illahi Rajioon

[KingKhan]

Those that jackass know he has a whole bus load of people in his hand? Driving recklessy, maybe if your Alone not when you have dozens of people in your hand.

[Haris]

35 civilians die in bus crash

KABUL: 35 people were killed and 27 others injured when a bus overturned on a
highway in Kandahar, officials said on Saturday.

The accident took place at 3.30am in the Daman district of Kandahar province, when
a bus was traveling through Kandahar on its way to Kabul before losing control as it
overturned. In result 35 passengers were killed and 27 others were wounded, the
interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

The wounded were taken to the hospital by Afghan National Police to a nearby
hospital.

Road traffic accidents are becoming widespread in Afghanistan, and are usually
blamed on bad roads, unsafe vehicles and poor and careless driving.

The Ministry of Interior asks all drivers to drive carefully and observe all traffic rules
and regulations because a small reckless move can endanger many lives.

[Haris]

In Afghanistan 99% of drivers can be called 'wreckless' by Western standards. No proper highway code is enforced there.

My village lies on this same road. You would always hear of accidents and car crashes occuring.

[Master Khan]

Inna Lillahi wa Inna Illahi Rajioon

da pakey la pati oh

[Haris]

Another accident ocurred today as well:


7 Killed in Zabul Traffic
Incident

At least seven people were killed as their Saracha type vehicle had collided
a supply trailer in Safa Township, Khajababa area early this morning in
southern Oruzgan province, an official said Saturday.

Police chief of the province, Ghulam Jailani Farahi told Wakht News Agency
that six passengers including two women were killed in the incident.

But traffic officials said that seven were killed in the incident which
registered by the police and two drivers detained for further questioning.

According to another report, two armed Taliban were killed in their own
placed mines in Omarzai area of Soyr district in the province.

This is while in another traffic accident, 58 passengers were killed and
wounded in southern Kandahar province.

[Haris]

Traffic Mishaps Increase in
Nangarhar

Traffic accidents had increased in the eastern province of Nangarhar mostly caused
from carelessness of drivers, using drugs during driving and unfamiliarity with driving
regulation, said provincial public health director.

Head of provincial public health director, Saiful Rahman Ibrahimkhel told Wakht News
Agency that traffic accident had increased from 25 to 35 compared to the last years
in the province.

But rejecting the claims, the provincial traffic director, Ghulam Dastgeer told Wakht
News Agency that traffic mishap had been considerably decreased in the province.

He said the traffic department in cooperation with the related organs was working on
a plan in order to arrest drivers with no licenses and reduce traffic incident in the
province.

Large number of illegal drivers had been increased recently in the province, many of
them inflicting casualties.



Wakht News » Traffic mishaps increase in Nangarhar 2011-08-25 12:05

[Haris]

108 injured in traffic
accidents during Eid days




LASHKARGAH (PAN): As many as 108 people were injured in various traffic
accidents during Eid days in different areas of southern Helmand province,
including the capital Lashkargah, officials said on Monday.

Most of the accidents involved motorcycles, said head of the Bost hospital,
Dr. Abdul Samad Nasiri. Of the total injured, 90 sustained minor injuries,
while another 18 people were admitted to hospitals with broken arms and
legs, he said.

Police Chief Brig. Gen. Muhammad Hakeem Angar said he had no exact
figures for those injured, but admitted the number of accidents was high
during Eid days.

A traffic police official blamed most of the accidents on carelessness by
army drivers, who he said did not respect traffic rules.



108 injured in traffic accidents during Eid days | Pajhwok Afghan News

[Bengal_Tiger]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raajioon.

[afgpower]

why do so many pashtuns die every day in the world? this hurts me much

[Haris]

1 killed, 25 injured in
Nimroz traffic accident

ZARANJ (PAN): One passenger was killed and 25others wounded in a traffic accident
on the Zaranj-Dilaram Highway in southwestern Nimroz province on Friday, an official
said.

The incident happened when a Kabul-bound bus, carrying 52 passengers, veered off
the road, the Khashrod district chief, Mohammad Hashim Noorzad, told Pajhwok
Afghan News.

A young man died and 25 people, including seven children and three women, suffered
injuries as a result of the crash, he said, blaming the accident on rash driving. "An
investigation is underway."

Nimroz police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Jabbar Purdali, said policemen reached the scene
soon after the accident and shifted the victims to hospital.

Ten of the slightly injured passengers were discharged after being administered first
aid at a health facility of coalition forces. Eight others, including two children, are
reported to be in serious condition.




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[Haris]

6 killed, wounded in traffic accident in Zabul

6 killed, wounded in traffic
accident in Zabul

Some 4 passengers were killed and two other wounded in a traffic accident in Shahr
e-Safa district of northern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.

The incident took place when a head-on Saracha type corolla car collided with a
Mazda truck on the highway between Kabul and Kandahar as a result of which four
passengers from the corolla car were killed and two other wounded.

According to a statement issued to Wakht News Agency from the Zabul province
press office, all 6 Saracha onboard were killed and wounded in the incident.

Police of the province, Col. Farahi told Wakht News Agency that the wounded were
rushed to the hospital, the Mazda driver was detained and the case was under the
police investigation.

This is while two civilians were also killed in a roadside mine blast in Nawbahar area of
the province a couple of days ago.


Wakht News » 6 killed, wounded in traffic accident in Zabul 2011-09-17 12:02