Injured folks obtain remedy at a hospital after a truck carrying Afghan households overturned, in Jalalabad on Might 30, 2026.
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A truck carrying Afghan refugees coming back from neighbouring Pakistan overturned on a freeway in japanese Afghanistan on Saturday (Might 30, 2026), killing not less than 18 folks and injuring 35 others, most of them ladies and kids, officers mentioned.
The accident occurred in Laghman province on the primary freeway linking Kabul, the Afghan capital, with Nangarhar province, mentioned Abdul Malik Niazai, the spokesperson for the provincial Governor.
He mentioned among the many lifeless have been 10 kids and 5 ladies and the injured have been taken to hospitals in Nangarhar for medical remedy.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban authorities spokesperson expressed his sorrow over the incident and supplied condolences to the victims’ households.
Visitors accidents are frequent throughout Afghanistan, the place roads are poorly maintained and drivers routinely ignore site visitors rules.
The passengers have been amongst 1000’s of Afghans who lately returned from Pakistan, which launched a crackdown on undocumented migrants in 2023 and has since deported or pressured many to depart.
Iran additionally intensified expulsions of Afghan migrants across the similar time. Since then, tens of millions of Afghans have returned dwelling from the 2 nations, together with many who have been born in Pakistan and had spent many years dwelling and dealing there.
Printed – Might 30, 2026 02:57 pm IST