Death of migrants on Afghanistan roads; Taliban indifference and the spread of traffic crisis
In one of the deadliest road accidents in recent years, a bus carrying Afghan migrants deported from Iran collided with a truck and a motorcycle on the Herat-Islam Qala route and burst into flames, killing at least 71 people, including 17 children, according to the Taliban;
An event that once again exposed the Taliban’s failure to meet the most basic safety standards.
This incident occurred at a time when the number of road fatalities in Afghanistan has increased sharply in recent years, with similar examples recorded, such as a fuel tanker crash with a bus on the Kabul-Kandahar road (6 dead and 31 injured), a minibus crash with a truck in Kandahar (27 dead), and a bus carrying migrants overturning on the Kabul-Kandahar highway (30 dead).
Experts believe the main cause of these tragedies is a combination of dilapidated infrastructure, substandard vehicles, lack of traffic management and corruption in the Taliban apparatus;
Issues that the Taliban have not only failed to address over the past three years, but have also turned Afghanistan into one of the most dangerous countries for road travel by ignoring and prioritizing military issues. Statistics also confirm this crisis;
From March 2022 to March 2024, road accident fatalities increased by 78.5%. While in many countries, investment in road transport is a priority to save the lives of citizens, in Taliban-dominated Afghanistan, roads have become silent slaughterhouses that leave more families in mourning every day.
