PUL-E-KHUMRI: At least two mine workers were killed in a mine cave-in in northern Baghlan province, late on Monday, Mawlavi Abdullah Hamid, Head of Baghlan coal mine enterprise said Tuesday.
“Parts of a coal mine caved in, killing two workers, late on Monday in Shirin Dara village of Nahrin district of the province,” Hamid told media.
The bodies still remained under the debris and the provincial rescue team started efforts to recover them, according to the official.
Non-standard mining often claims lives of workers in Afghanistan. The Kabul Times
2 killed as mine slides in Baghlan province
