AIBAK (Pajhwok): At least seven miners have been killed in a methane explosion at a coalmine in remote Dara-i-Suf Bala district of northern Samangan province, an official said on Monday.
Ahmad Ali Hussaini, the district administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion happened in Dahan-i-Tor coalmine belonging to Mohammad Din on Sunday afternoon.
He said two of the dead miners were residents of neighboring Dara-i-Suf Payan district, two of Dara-i-Suf Bala, two of Sar-i-Pul province and one was resident of Balkh province.
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