Pakistan, Feb. 8 -- At least 15 people were killed when a minibus overturned and crashed into a valley in northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, police said, updating an earlier death toll.

The bus "veered off course and fell into a valley" as it travelled along a road in Badakhshan province towards its capital, Faizabad, a provincial police spokesperson said, blaming the accident on "severe road damage".

The victims include six children, five women, and four men, the spokesperson added.

Three of them died at hospital after being taken there with serious injuries, raising the overall death toll from the accident to 15. Deadly traffic crashes are common in Afghanistan, due in part to poor roads after decades of conflict, dangerous drivin...