Afghan official: 16 people killed in traffic accident

KABUL — An Afghan official says at least 16 people, including women and children, have been killed in a traffic accident in the country’s southern Kandahar province.

Aziz Ahmad Azizi, spokesman for the provincial governor, says 25 others were injured Saturday morning when a passenger bus collided into a tanker truck in Zhari district.

Azizi said three women and three young children were among those killed in the accident.

A number of the injured have been hospitalized in critical condition, he said.