Truck crash kills 22 Afghan returnees (opens in new tab)

A cargo truck carrying Afghan families returning from Pakistan overturned Saturday on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in eastern Afghanistan’s Laghman province, killing at least 22 people and injuring 36, officials said. The crash occurred near the Surkhakan intersection in Qarghayi district, on a route linking Kabul with Nangarhar province and the Torkham border crossing into Pakistan. Local officials said the truck ran off the road and fell into a ditch after the driver fell asleep; they descri...