24 dead in Kohistan bus accident

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As many as 24 people were killed while two injured after a passenger bus careened off into a ravine in Upper Kohistan District on Friday.

According to reports, the ill-fated bus was carrying 35 passengers, including women and children when it met with an accident near the Kandia tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

All the passengers belonged to the same family and were travelling to attend a function, said police.