The provincial officials said two mine workers died, and 35 others were poisoned due to gas suffocation in Samangan province of Afghanistan.
Mohammad Nasim Khybershekan, the district governor of Dara-e-Suf Bala, Samangan province, has confirmed that the incident occurred on Saturday in the Merak Dahane mine in Dara-e- Suf Bala district.
He pointed out that the main reason for the death and suffocation of mine workers was non-professional mining in the area.
Meanwhile, the provincial health officials said that the suffocated people were transferred to a medical hospital for treatment.
Earlier on Saturday, a coalminer lost his life, and another went unconscious due to gas suffocation in a coal mine in the Baghlan province of Afghanistan.
A toxic gas leaked as workers worked in a coal mine in the Tala-o-Barfak district. As a result, one miner was killed, and another fainted.
According to officials, unsafe mining practices, poor equipment, and unskilled workers are the factors for mining causalities.
