19 people killed as fuel tanker exploded in tunnel north of capital Kabul

Kabul: In Afghanistan, at least 19 people were killed and 32 injured when a fuel tanker exploded in a tunnel north of the capital Kabul yesterday. The Salang tunnel, about 130 km north of Kabul, was originally built in the 1960s, which is a key route linking the country’s north and south. 

A spokesman for Parwan province said, the tunnel



explosion killed at least 19 people, including women and children. He said survivors remain trapped under rubble and that the number of casualties could rise. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works, Molvi Hamidullah Misbah said that the fire was extinguished and that teams are still working to clear the tunnel.