At least 12 people were killed and eight injured on Sunday when the passenger van they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in northwestern Pakistan.
Local militia commander Mukaram Khan said the van was heading to Chitral from Peshawar, the capital city of the country's North Western Frontier Province (NWFP).
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He added that the road in Malakand, where the accident took place, has been under construction for four years.
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