The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Five people were killed and 15 others injured early Thursday when a passenger bus collided with a cargo truck in southern Afghanistan, Taliban authorities said.
Mohammad Tahir, an official with the Taliban-run traffic
police in Kandahar province responsible for handling traffic incidents, said
the crash occurred at about 4:30 a.m. in the Azam Qala area along the
Kabul-Kandahar highway in Daman district.
The bus was identified as a model 805. Authorities did not
immediately provide further details about the victims or the cause of the
collision.