KABUL: Twenty-four people, including women and children, were injured after a Flancoach passenger-type vehicle veered off the road in Khwaja Kheyr district of Faryab province.
Faryab Police Command said the accident occurred around noon on Friday in the Sayad area of the district, and attributed the incident to the driver’s carelessness and poor road conditions.
According to local officials, the passengers were residents of the Katrish area in Khwaja Kheyr district and were travelling to attend an engagement ceremony when the accident occurred.
The injured were taken to Faryab Provincial Hospital for treatment and the condition of several of the injured was critical.