Death Toll In Two Traffic Accidents On Kabul-Kandahar Highway Now 52, Says Taliban
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced that 52 people were killed and 65 others were injured in two fatal traffic accidents on the Kabul-Kandahar highway.
He said that the relevant departments have been instructed to investigate the cause of the two accidents as soon as possible.
The two incidents occurred at a distance of 15 kilometers from each other.
A Taliban spokesman wrote on Thursday, December 19, that such incidents should be prevented from happening again in Afghanistan.
Sources claimed that the death toll is likely to rise.
The Kabul-Kandahar highway has often witnessed fatal traffic accidents.
Former Afghan presidents Ashraf Ghani and Hamid Karzai expressed their condolences in separate messages.
