Kabul, March 30: A tragic incident occurred in Afghanistan’s Samangan province on Sunday, where two coal miners lost their lives due to gas inhalation.
According to reports from the Khaama Press news agency, local Taliban officials confirmed that the fatalities took place inside a coal mine in the Dara-e-Suf Bala district.
In a statement released on Saturday, the Taliban police command in Samangan stated that both miners died after being exposed to toxic gas. Following the completion of legal procedures, their bodies were handed over to their families for burial. The deceased were residents of Bamiyan and Daykundi provinces.
This incident highlights the perilous conditions in Afghanistan’s mining sector, where many workers are compelled to operate underground under poor ventilation and minimal safety regulations.
The coal mines in Dara-e-Suf are among Afghanistan’s most active mining sites. For years, there have been fatal accidents due to tunnel collapses, gas exposure, and a lack of emergency rescue equipment.
Mining accidents underscore the severe deficiencies in workplace safety standards in Afghanistan, where economic hardships force many individuals to undertake dangerous jobs without adequate protection or oversight.
Local police officials reported that last month, a mining collapse in Nangarhar province resulted in one fatality and another injury.
A statement from the provincial police headquarters indicated that this incident occurred in a sapphire mine in the Spin Ghar district’s Mamand Tor Naw area. One individual was killed and another injured after being buried under debris and rocks. Security forces transported the injured person to a nearby health center for treatment.
On January 9, in Badakhshan’s Khash district, at least four miners died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a precious and semi-precious stone mine.
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