At least 15 people were killed, and 25 others were wounded in a traffic accident early Saturday, Kandahar local officials said.



According to local officials the accident occurred on Saturday morning at around 6am in Hawoz Madad village of Zhari district when a passenger bus and a truck collided.



Kandahar provincial governor’s spokesman Aziz Ahmad Azizi confirmed the crash said that women and children are among the victims.



Three women are among the dead and three are among the wounded, Azizi said.



According to Azizi three children were also killed.

A number of wounded are in critical condition, officials said.</s>At least 13 people were killed when a passenger bus collided with a truck parked on a road in southern Afghanistan on Saturday and overturned, officials said.

Another 25 were wounded in the accident in Zherai district of Kandahar province, provincial police spokesman Abdul Bashir Khaksar told AFP.

The truck was stationary when it was hit by the bus at around 6:00 am (local time), said Kandahar governor spokesman Mohammad Aziz Azizi.

The bus was carrying around 40 passengers from neighbouring Helmand province to Kandahar and overturned after the collision, he told AFP.

Azizi put the death toll at 15. Women and children were among the casualties, he added.

It was unclear how many of the casualties were on the bus.

Traffic accidents are common in Afghanistan where drivers often flout rules and roads are in poor condition.</s>Kabul: At least 15 people were killed and 25 others injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck on Saturday in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province.

According to the police, the accident took place at around 6 a.m. in Hawoz village of Zhari district, reports Tolo News. The victims include women and children with a number of the injured in critical condition, health officials said.</s>At least 15 people, including women and children, have been killed and 25 others were wounded in a traffic accident in the country’s southern Kandahar province, Zia Dourani, the spokesman of Police said.

The accident occurred in Hawoz Madad village of Zhari district at around 6 am (local time).

The wounded passengers were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.

The bus was carrying around 40 passengers from neighbouring Helmand province to Kandahar and overturned after the collision.

Underdeveloped highways, recklessly driving at high speeds and poorly maintained vehicles are the main reasons behind deadly accidents in Afghanistan.</s>KANDAHAR: At least 13 people were killed when a passenger bus collided with a truck parked on a road in southern Afghanistan on Saturday and overturned, officials said.

Another 25 were wounded in the accident in Zherai district of Kandahar province, provincial police spokesman Abdul Bashir Khaksar told AFP.

The truck was stationary when it was hit by the bus at around 6:00 am, said Kandahar governor spokesman Mohammad Aziz Azizi.

The bus was carrying around 40 passengers from neighbouring Helmand province to Kandahar and overturned after the collision, he told AFP. Azizi put the death toll at 15. Women and children were among the casualties, he added.</s>1TV: At least 15 people were killed in a traffic incident in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar on Saturday, an official said. Twenty-five more were injured in the incident which happened in Hawz-e-Madad area of Kandahar, said Aziz Ahmad Azizi, a spokesman for the provincial governor. Click here to read more (external link).</s>KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says at least 16 people, including women and children, have been killed in a traffic accident in the country's southern Kandahar province.

Aziz Ahmad Azizi, spokesman for the provincial governor, says 25 others were injured Saturday morning when a passenger bus collided into a tanker truck in Zhari district.

Azizi said three women and three young children were among those killed in the accident.

A number of the injured have been hospitalized in critical condition, he said.

Traffic accidents are common in Afghanistan with most accidents on main highways due to reckless driving at high speeds. The bad condition of most roads is another factor.</s>Maharajganj (UP), Sep 9: Nineteen people were injured, three seriously, after a mini bus they were travelling in collided with a truck at Nichlual area here on Sunday, police said.

The incident took place at around 11 am on Nichlual-Thothibari road when the mini bus was on its way to Maharajganj, they said.

The bus collided head-on with the truck after the driver lost control over the vehicle due to some mechanical failure and went on the wrong side of the road, Superintendent of Police RP Singh said.

The injured were rushed to the hospital, where the condition of the three was serious.</s>Three persons were killed and 25 others injured Sunday in a head-on collision between a speeding truck and a Rajasthan roadways bus near Basni village in Bundi district, police said.

The deceased were identified as Sube Singh (42), Hanuman Singh and Ramswroop Parajapat (65), said Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) at Hindoli police station Radheshyam Choudhary.

The accident occurred at 10.30 am when the speeding truck, crossing a road divider, plunged onto the wrong side of the road and collided head-on with the Rajasthan roadways bus that was going to Ajmer from Kota, the ASI said. Three of the 25 injured are being treated at the Maharao Bhim Singh (MBS) hospital here, while the other injured were discharged after first-aid, he said.

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At least 15 people are killed and 25 others wounded when a passenger bus collides with a truck in Kandahar, Afghanistan.