Five miners have lost their lives following the collapse of a gold mine in the Chah-e-Ab district of this province.

Qari Naqibullah Masroor, the Taliban police chief in Takhar, stated that the incident occurred in the Shah-Mastan area of ​​Chah-e-Ab district. He did not provide further details regarding the exact time of the incident or the cause of the collapse.

This incident comes just days after ten miners were trapped in a gold mine in the Samti area of ​​the same district. Those miners were pulled out alive from the rubble following approximately two days of rescue efforts.