3 killed as water engulfs gold mine in N. Afghanistan

KABUL, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Three gold extraction workers, including a father and his son, were killed after water engulfed an artisanal gold mine in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, a police official said on Friday. The incident occurred in the Shahri Buzurg district, when a sudden surge of water inundated the mine, according to provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar. The victims were a

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