KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and 12 others injured as a car collided with another vehicle coming from opposite direction in Miwand district of the southern Kandahar province on Saturday, deputy to Traffic Police department in the province Sardar Mohammad Nasir said.
Three women and two children were among those perished in the road accident, the official added.
The official blamed reckless driving for the accident, but provided no more details.
Similar accident in the northern Kunduz province claimed the lives of five commuters and injured two others on Tuesday.