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Road crash kills 19 in Afghanistan

By RIA Novosti,

Kabul : A truck carrying goods collided with a passenger bus in northwest Afghanistan on Monday killing at least 19 and injuring 29 others, local health officials said.

The incident occurred on a highway in the Dushi district of Baghlan province.

“Seven of the injured are believed to be in a critical state,” a spokesman for the ministry said.

In a similar accident Sunday, seven people were killed and two injured in the country’s northern Balkh province.