Aybak, Feb. 13 -- Three coal miners lost their lives due to the methane gas explosion inside a coal mine in northern Afghanistan's Samangan province on Wednesday, a statement from the provincial police office said Thursday.
According to the statement, the incident took place inside a tunnel of the coal mine in Dara-i-Sufi Bala district, killing three minors on the spot.
Police have discovered the trio's bodies and sent them back to their families, the statement asserted.
Similarly, a landslide claimed the lives of two gold miners in the northern Badakhshan province a day earlier on Tuesday.
Lack of modern machinery in mining and illegal extraction of mines by unskilled miners often lead to disasters, which claim the lives of poor mi...