Tuesday, November 03, 2009 KARACHI: Eight persons have been killed when Allama Iqbal Express collided with Super Parcel Express near Jumma Goth railway station.According to reports, AIE being on its way from interior Sindh, met a head-on collision with a goods’ train near Jumma Goth killing four persons and critically injured 35 others. Local residents, rescue workers and fire and rescue service workers launched rescue operations at the incident site. Later, police, Rangers and Railway teams joined rescue operations. Initial reports said four persons including a child have been killed and 35 wounded in the collision that were rushed to Jinnah and other hospitals. Deputy Director Jinnah Hospital Semi Jamal told Geo News that injured included women and children. The names of wounded are Abdul Ghani, Wasim, Yasmeen, Shoaib, Nawaz, Johar, Ilyas, Nazia, Moazzam, Saqib, Tahir and Areesha.DS Railway Aftab Memon said the driver of Allama Iqbal express has crossed the train despite not receiving the signal and rammed into goods train coming from the opposite direction. He said rail traffic will be restored within three to four hours. Railway issued emergency numbers 9920113 and 99206112 for the enquiry of the incident.Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah and MQM leader Altaf Hussain have expressed grief over the incident. A high level committee has also been formed to probe the incident.
BAGHDAD: Nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives started shifting to southern Afghanistan."We are probably going to be the beginning of the influx you are going to see to Afghanistan," Lt. Col. Kevin Landers, commander of the Fort Carson, Colo.-based 4th Engineer Battalion, said as crews packed crates and cleaned vehicles for the flight to Kandahar.Obama has ordered 17,000 more U.S. soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan to bolster the 38,000 American troops already battling the resurgent Taliban."We are going to take this footprint out of Iraq," said Landers, whose battalion received word of its reassignment last month just after taking command of clearing roads in Baghdad of bombs and debris.
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