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A minimum of 19 folks have been killed and 32 injured when a gasoline tanker exploded in a tunnel north of the Afghan capital Kabul, a neighborhood official says.
The Salang Tunnel, which is about 129 kilometers north of Kabul, was initially constructed within the 1960s to help the Soviet invasion.
It’s a key hyperlink between the nation’s north and south.
A spokesman for Parwan province, Stated Himatullah Shamim, mentioned Saturday evening’s tunnel explosion killed no less than 19 folks, together with ladies and youngsters.
He mentioned survivors stay trapped beneath rubble and that the variety of casualties might rise.
It was not instantly clear what brought about the incident, which occurred round 8.30pm.
Parwan’s well being division has obtained 14 useless and 24 injured thus far, based on native official Dr Abdullah Afghan.
There have been 5 ladies and two kids among the many useless, he mentioned, and the remaining had been males who had been severely burned and couldn’t be acknowledged.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Works, Molvi Hamidullah Misbah, mentioned earlier on Sunday that the hearth was extinguished and that groups had been nonetheless working to clear the tunnel.
