Bus passengers rescued from floodwaters in Herat

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Security forces have rescued passengers from a bus after it was swept away by floodwaters in Shindand district of western Herat province on Tuesday.

In a statement, the 207 Al-Farouq Army Corps in western Afghanistan said that at around 3:00 a.m. today, a 580-model passenger bus in the Azizabad area of Shindand district was hit by flash floods, causing it to veer off the road and overturn into a water basin.

The statement added that troops from the 1st Battalion of the 207 Al-Farouq Army Corps, who were stationed near the site, rushed to the scene and launched an immediate rescue operation using available resources, successfully saving all the trapped passengers.

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