Kabul, July 22, 2025 (AFP) - Six killed in Afghanistan coal mine collapse

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2025-07-22
A coal mine collapse in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed six miners and injured 18 others, local authorities said. The incident took place in the Baghlan region of northern Afghanistan, where at least ten miners died in February 2022 in another coal mine collapse. Syed Mustafa Hashimi, head of the provincial Information and Culture office, told AFP that part of the mine had "suddenly collapsed," killing the six. Eighteen people have been......
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