Wednesday, 08 September 2010 11:36
At least 14 people were killed and 24 were wounded Wednesday morning when a passenger car slipped over the road in the southern Ghazni province
"The incident happened in Nani area of the province's Andar district when a passenger car was on its way from Ghazni to Kandahar," Ghulam Mohammad Rasikh, the province's traffic chief told TOLOnews.
The wounded were taken to Ghazni Central hospital.
Fifteen people were killed and 24 were wounded in the incident, Mohammad Ismail Ibrahimzai, head of the Ghazni Central hospital told TOLOnews reporter.
Women and children are also among the wounded, he added.
Afghan government officials have often cited overdriving as the main cause of traffic accidents, which result in heavy casualties.
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