Public road accident
Details
Event title
Afghanistan - 24 injured as minibus veers off road in Afghanistan
Source
Severity
Mid
Event date (UTC)
2026-10-24 15:55:24
Last update (UTC)
2026-10-24 15:55:24
Area range
Local event
Address/Affected area(s)
Faryab
A total of 24 people were injured, some critically, after a minibus veered off the road in the northern Afghan province of Faryab on Friday evening, provincial police spokesman Mawlawi Abdullah Muradi said Saturday.The passengers were traveling to attend a wedding ceremony in Khyber district when the accident occurred, leaving 24 people, including women and children, injured, some of them critically, the official said.The official said the driver's carelessness, overloading and recklessness on a congested road caused the mishap, noting that an investigation into the accident had been launched.