Perilous
Times
35 Afghans dead in bus crash
* From correspondents in Kandahar
* From: AFP
* August 20, 2011 6:25PM
A TOTAL of 35 Afghans were killed and 27 others injured today when
a bus overturned on a highway in southern Afghanistan, officials
said.
The smash happened just outside Kandahar city in the Daman
district of Kandahar province on the main road connecting it to
the capital, Kabul.
"Today at 3.30am, 35 passengers were killed and 27 other
passengers were wounded in a traffic accident when a bus rolled
over," the interior ministry said.
"The Ministry of Interior Affairs asks all drivers to drive
carefully and observe all traffic rules and regulations because a
small reckless move can endanger many lives."
Afghanistan's roads are perilous and many vehicles in the country
are old, meaning that high casualty road traffic accidents are
relatively common.