About 35 miners were trapped under the rubble of a coal mine in northern Afghanistan's Samangan province on Saturday, local officials said on Sunday, Report informs via Xinhua.
The provincial health director Sayed Usman Hamidi counted 35 miners under the debris, saying rescue teams and health personnel have been dispatched to the area to rescue the trapped miners.
"Preliminary reports indicate that a number of miners were busy in a coal mine in Dara-i-Sufi Payin district of Samangan province yesterday, but part of the mine caved in, and resultantly several miners were trapped under rubble," a statement from the provincial police office released on Sunday said.
The statement further said that police personnel, local officials, and villagers have rushed to the site to rescue trapped miners from under the debris.