At least 11 Afghan nationals were killed and nine others were injured in a collision between a pickup and an oil tanker near Nokundi area of Chagai district of Balochistan on Sunday. Officials said that Afghan nationals travelling in a pick-up were trying to illegally migrate to Europe via Iran with the help of an organised network of human smugglers.
They said that 21 Afghans were travelling in an Iran-made vehicle, Zamyad, and crossed the Pakistani border through a road being used by human smugglers. The pick-up, when reached a remote Katcha area, some 35km from Nokundi on Sunday night, collided with an oil tanker coming from the opposite direction. As a result of the tragic accident, 11 Afghan nationals were killed on the spot while nine others were injured. The local people and rescue teams rushed to the area after they were informed of the incident in the early morning and recovered bodies from the wreckage of the pick-up and shifted the dead and the injured to the nearby health facility.