The General Directorate of Traffic Police reported that 48 people have died as a result of 97 traffic incidents across the country during the days of Eid al-Adha.

Hasibullah Mokhtar, the director-general of this directorate, told TOLOnews that another 161 people were injured in these incidents.

The director-general of traffic police said: "We had 97 incidents resulting in approximately 161 injuries and 48 fatalities."

Poor road conditions and reckless driving are cited as the main causes of traffic incidents in the country.

A number of residents attribute the increase in traffic incidents to the rise in unregistered vehicles and urge authorities to take serious measures to reduce these incidents.

Shirzai, a resident of Kabul, said: "I see two to three accidents in the city daily. This is all because people buy cars as soon as they make money, but they don't have a license, and then accidents happen."

Sediqullah, another resident of Kabul, said: "To reduce this, authorities should standardize the roads and prevent the smuggling of vehicles that are not registered in Afghanistan."

Previously, the General Directorate of Traffic Police announced a plan to prevent traffic incidents in the country and added that an electronic management system would be implemented on five highways with the highest number of traffic incidents.