喀布尔消息：当地当局周六称，阿富汗北部塔哈尔省发生一起金矿坍塌事故，导致5名矿工丧生。
KABUL, Afghanistan — A gold mine collapse has killed five miners in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, local authorities said Saturday.
塔哈尔省警方发言人卡里·纳基布拉·马斯鲁尔介绍，事发矿井位于该省恰阿布区的沙赫马斯坦地区，目前暂无其他详细信息。
The mine is located in the Shah Mastan area of the province’s Chah Ab district, said Qari Naqibullah Masroor, spokesman for Takhar police command. He gave no other details.
另据该发言人透露，本周早些时候，同一区域内萨姆蒂地区的另一座金矿发生坍塌，10名被困两天的矿工成功获救，具体被困原因尚在调查中。
The spokesman said that 10 miners were rescued earlier this week after being trapped for two days in another gold mine in the Samti area of the same district. The exact circumstances of how they became trapped were not immediately clear.
阿富汗矿产资源丰富，盛产铁矿石、铜、铅、锌、黄金、煤炭及各类宝石，此类矿难事故在当地时有发生。
Mine collapses are frequent in Afghanistan, a country rich in raw materials , including iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, coal and precious stones.