A Dark Night in Ghazni Province due to Kabul-Kandahar Highway accident
In a tragic turn of events on Wednesday night, at least fifty two men and women died after two devastating bus accidents in Afghanistan’s notorious Kabul-Kandahar Highway while sixty five more are reportedly injured. The incidents in Ghazni province brought to the fore the deadly threats that hang-out this essential transportation artery.
According to Hamidullah Nisar, the provincial head of facts and culture, the first accident took place close to Shahbaz village, the place a passenger bus collided with a gasoline tanker, main to a devastating loss of life. The 2nd accident, equally harrowing, took location in Andar district, the place any other bus crashed into a truck. Both crashes were accompanied by atrocious casualty figures and large destruction, giving a dismal impression of the dual carriageway tour in the locality.
Relief Operations Under Turbulence
Evacuation teams rushed in the respective sites, made every effort to evacuate victims to near hospitals. Being said to be in severe condition, scientists had to bear gigantic stress to give life-saving care.
“We came to realize with astonishing be apologetic about that two deadly visitors accidents came about on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway, in which fifty two of our compatriots had been killed and sixty five others have been injured,” cited chief authorities spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, expressing his condolences.
Recurring Tragedy on Afghanistan’s Roads
The Kabul-Kandahar Highway is one fundamental route connecting the nation’s capital to its southern areas, which has long faced established and often fatal automobile accidents. Bad road infrastructure, reckless driving, as well as the absence of traffic rules, all form part of the grim statistics. Accidents in the Ghazni province are reminiscent of similar catastrophes in Afghanistan’s modern history. In March, a bus and gas tanker collision in Helmand province killed more than 20 people and injured 38. In December 2022, a gasoline tanker accident on the perilous Salang Pass killed 31 people and several sustained burn injuries.
The urgent need for infrastructural up-gradation
These accidents remind one of the urgent need for infrastructural up-gradation and more stringent visitors’ policies in Afghanistan. Decades of hostilities have left the nation’s roads in a shambles, and the lack of enforcement of riding requirements further aggravates the risks posed by travelers.
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