MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): One person was killed and another sustained injuries in a traffic accident in the Qarghai district of eastern Laghman province.
Laghman police spokesman Yunas Yousafzai told Pajhwok the accident took place at around 7am on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway.
A car hit a roadside culvert in Khair Khel area and caught fire, gutting completely, he said, adding that one person died and another was injured in the incident.
He blamed the accident on the driver’s carelessness and said the injured person had been taken to the provincial hospital.
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