Afghan Hospital Collapse Kills Eight, Injures 27, 14 Still Missing

KABUL, July 27 (AFP) - The collapse of a hospital building under construction in the Afghan capital has killed at least eight workers and injured 27 others, officials said Tuesday.
A Chinese construction company was working on the building in central Kabul when it collapsed on Monday.
"Eight people have died and 27 others were injured in the building collapse," interior ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told AFP.
Another 14 workers were still missing, he said.
The reasons for the collapse were still under investigation, but it is thought the scaffolding gave way, causing the walls and roof to crumble, he added.
Afghan police and security organisations said the collapse was an accident.
"It was not a destructive attempt and was not more than an accident," deputy police chief Mohammed Shafiq Fazli told AFP.
Dozens of rescue workers, including international peacekeeping troops and US-led forces, worked late into the night Monday pulling out survivors from the rubble.