Over twenty workers killed in Afghanistan’s latest mine disaster

With the devastating effects of the decades-long war in Afghanistan, the situation for workers in this country remains terrible. Just the day before international workers day, May 1st, an explosion in a coal mine in Samangan province left at least 20 workers dead. This is not the first of such mass disasters in the country where there is practically no oversight of labour standards and little restrictions for capitalists to be able to impose the most exploitative conditions that they can.

With the devastating effects of the decades-long war in Afghanistan, the situation for workers in this country remains terrible. Just the day before international workers day, May 1st, an explosion in a coal mine in Samangan province left at least 20 workers dead. This is not the first of such mass disasters in the country where there is practically no oversight of labour standards and little restrictions for capitalists to be able to impose the most exploitative conditions that they can.