BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Two persons have died of suffocation caused by lack of oxygen in a coal mine in the Seghan district of central Bamyan province.
Police spokesman Mohammad Khwanai Rasa told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in a coal mine in the district at around 11:00 am on Tuesday.
He said the deceased were from the same family.
According to him, “These people were extracting coal in a substandard way without any safety measures and lack of ventilation, as a result of which both lost their lives due to suffocation.”
He urged residents of the area . . .
