MEHTHARLAM (Pajhwok): Five people have been killed and six others injured in separate traffic accidents in central Logar and eastern Nuristan provinces, officials said on Thursday.
In Nuristan, the accident occurred in the Patigal Dara area of Kamdesh district on Wednesday, when an Auto-type vehicle veered off the road and overturned, according to police spokesman Ghulam Rahman Haidari.
He confirmed that a woman, a child, and two men lost their lives at the scene, while another person was injured.
Haidari blamed the accident on reckless driving.
In Logar, one person was killed and five others injured in two separate incidents in Mohammad Agha and Baraki Barak districts, police spokesman Maulvi Ahmadullah Anas said.
He also cited reckless driving as the cause of the accidents.
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