Authorities say 22 rescued from Afghanistan mine collapse
Al Jazeera
No casualties reported after hours-long rescue in Samangan province in northern Afghanistan.
Twenty-two people have been rescued after a mine collapsed in Afghanistan, capping an hours-long effort to reach them.
The mine in the Dara-i Sof Payin district of Samangan province in northern Afghanistan had collapsed late on Saturday.
Esmat Muradi, the spokesman for the province’s governor, Mullah Muhammad Shoaib, had initially told the AFP news agency that thirty-two people had been trapped.
“Excavators and rescuers have been working since early morning but unfortunately the opening to the mine is not cleared yet,” he said early Sunday.
Shoaib later said 22 people had been rescued and no more miners were believed to be trapped. He said there were no deaths in the incident.
