Shabir Ahmad Saeedi, the Taliban's head of the Traffic Directorate in Jowzjan, reported that eight members of a family lost their lives in a traffic accident on the Sheberghan-Maimana highway.
According to Bakhtar News Agency, which is controlled by the Taliban, four of the deceased were children.
The report, published on Monday, stated that the accident occurred when the vehicle carrying the family members collided with a fuel tanker.
Saeedi cited the main cause of the incident as the drivers' high speed and recklessness.
The lack of standard roads and the drivers' recklessness are considered primary causes of traffic accidents.
On April 15, Taliban’s General Directorate of Traffic announced in a statement that 50 people lost their lives in various parts of Afghanistan during Eid al-Fitr this year.
