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Credibility Assessment
The article draws from three unnamed local sources and health officials, offering specific casualty numbers, village names, and locations but omitting an exact date for the incident and any explanation for the anonymity of the local sources. While the sources have plausible access as locals and health workers, the lack of named individuals or independent corroboration limits verification.
Following a traffic accident in Pashtunkot district of Faryab province, eight people were killed and 15 others were injured. Three local sources told the Etilaat Roz newspaper that a Flankouch-type vehicle carrying wedding guests overturned in Myandara village of Pashtunkot district. According to the sources, in this incident, three men, five women, and a child were killed, and 15 people, including women and children, were injured.
The sources said that the vehicle was traveling from a wedding in Rahi village of Pashtunkot district toward Ji village in Kohistan district of Faryab when it fell from a pass along the route. Health sources stated that the injured from the accident have been transferred to the Faryab provincial hospital, and the condition of some of them is critical. The cause of this accident is not yet known. Taliban officials in Faryab have not commented on the matter.
Two days earlier, in an accident in Herat, 10 people were killed and more than 10 others were injured. Poor road conditions and failure to comply with traffic rules are considered the main factors in traffic accidents across the country.
