At least 30 people were killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest tragedy to strike the war-torn country. Another seven were injured in the incident in Kohistan district of Badakhshan province, district governor Mohammad Rustam Raghi told AFP. Villagers had dug a 60-metre (200-feet) deep shaft in a river bed to search for gold. “The people were using an excavator to dig a big hole in the river when it collapsed, trapping dozens of workers,” Raghi said. “At least 30 people have been killed and seven wounded.”READ ALSO: Police kill armed robbery kingpin in Katsina StateIt was not clear why the shaft collapsed, but the provincial governor’s spokesman Nik Mohammad Nazari told AFP the miners were not professionals.

Source: Punch January 06, 2019 12:56 UTC