LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Two people have been killed in a traffic accident in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.
Helmand Information Department Director Hafiz Rashid told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident happened on Saturday evening when a Mazada type vehicle skidded off the road and overturned.
Nawa District Chief Niamatullah Himmat said the accident happened in Kiserabad locality between Lashkargah and Nawa district.
Faizullah Mohammadi, deputy head of the Bust Hospital, said 1,500 traffic accidents happened in the past three months in which 30 people were killed.
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