KABUL, Jan 4 (NNN-ANA) – At least seven Afghans died and 26 were wounded, in multiple traffic accidents yesterday, amid turbulent traffic conditions, after heavy snowfall in the country, local officials said today.
In northern Jawzjan province, one commuter was killed and 11 were wounded, after two vehicles collided head-on along Jawzjan-Andkhoy highway, Abdul Ghani Musamim, chairman of provincial public health directorate, said.
“Three of the wounded received life-threatening wounds and were shifted to a regional hospital, in neighbouring Balkh province,” he said.
Besides, six people lost their lives and eight others were wounded, in three separate traffic mishaps along a mountainous provincial highway, in eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial health officials confirmed.
In western Herat province, seven wounded people were admitted at a regional hospital, in the provincial capital, Herat city, following a traffic incident in Qamar Qalagh area, in the province, 640 km in the west of Kabul, Harif Jalali, a physician-in-chief of the hospital, said.– NNN-ANA
