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JALALABAD: A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 20 people on board including 12 children, a provincial official told AFP.
The vehicle was carrying Afghan families returning from Pakistan, where they had been living, according to Abdul Malik Niazai, spokesperson for the governor of Laghman province.
“Twenty people [have died] — five women, three men and 12 children,” the spokesperson said. The accident left 33 people injured.
Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a post on X “we pray for the speedy recovery of the injured”, adding that he was “deeply saddened” by the tragedy.
