At least 18 people, including 10 children, were killed after a truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, a provincial official said.
The vehicle was carrying Afghan families returning from Pakistan, where they had been living, according to Abdul Malik Niazay, spokesperson for the governor of Laghman province.
The accident occurred on the highway linking Jalalabad with the capital, Kabul.
Niazay said the death toll included 10 children, five women and three men. Another 29 people suffered injuries in the crash.
Road accidents remain common in Afghanistan due to poor road conditions, dangerous driving practices and limited traffic regulation after decades of conflict.
The victims were among Afghan nationals returning from Pakistan, where authorities have recently tightened measures against Afghan migrants and refugees, prompting many families to leave the country. Many of them travel with their belongings in trucks and other cargo vehicles.
According to figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), around 447,400 Afghans have returned from Pakistan since the beginning of this year.
In a similar tragedy last August, a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran collided with two other vehicles in western Afghanistan, leaving 78 people dead, including 19 children.
