18 people were killed in a truck accident in Afghanistan, according to local authorities
18 people, including ten children, were killed in an accident A truck overturned Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, according to what local authorities reported to Agence France-Presse.
Laghman province spokesman Abdul Malik Niazi said that the truck was carrying Afghan families returning from Pakistan, where she was residing.
The accident occurred at an intersection leading to the road between Jalalabad (east) and Kabul.
Dead and injured
He added "Eighteen people were killed, ten children, five women and three men. Twenty-nine people were also injured and taken to hospital"
In Jalalabad Hospital, Agence France-Presse reporters saw wounded people of different ages.
Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid expressed on the 447,400 Afghans from Pakistan, according to figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.
Road accidents are frequent in Afghanistan, partly due to the poor condition of the roads after decades of conflicts, dangerous driving, and the absence of regulating laws.
In August 2025, 78 people, including 19 children, died when a bus carrying Afghans returning from Iran collided with a truck and a bicycle. Firearms in western Afghanistan, in one of the worst incidents in recent years.
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