An overturned truck in eastern Afghanistan kills 18 people, including 10 children, according to provincial officials speaking to international news agencies. The crash happens on a road in Laghman province on Saturday. The truck is carrying Afghan families who are returning from Pakistan, where they had been living, a spokesperson for the governor of Laghman province says. The official reports the victims include 10 children, five women and three men, and that 29 other people are injured. The incident is part of a wider pattern of fatal road accidents in Afghanistan. Officials and reports attribute the high number of deadly crashes to factors such as damaged or poor road conditions after decades of conflict, dangerous driving practices, and limited traffic regulation and enforcement. The accounts from both outlets rely on the same official casualty figures and describe the same circumstances: an overturned vehicle in eastern Afghanistan involving families returning from Pakistan and resulting in 18 deaths and dozens of injuries.