At least seven people lost their lives and 13 others got injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Monday, local media reported.

The deadly traffic accident took place on the road linking provincial capital Faizabad to Kusham district Monday morning, leaving seven on aboard dead, including the driver and injuring 13 others, Ariana News reported.

All the injured, some in critical conditions, have been taken to hospital for medical treatment.

This was the second deadly traffic accident in Afghanistan over the past two days.

In the previous accident which occurred in the western Farah province on Sunday, 14 were killed and 41 others injured.