Seventy-six folks have been killed in a collision in western Afghanistan Tuesday night between a bus carrying Afghan migrants, a truck and a motorbike, native officers stated.
Mutfi Muhammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesman for the Herat provincial governor, stated the lifeless included ladies and 17 youngsters, including that three folks have been taken to a hospital in important situation.
Onlookers stand on the website of a bus crash within the Guzara district of Herat province in Afghanistan on August 20, 2025.
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The truck was carrying petroleum that immediately sparked a fireplace, officers stated. It occurred on a busy freeway.
They have been a part of a large-scale operation to take away Afghans from Iran initiated after the Israel-Iran 12-day battle in June. Hundreds of Afghans have been pressured to go away, typically beneath dire circumstances, as rigidity heightened within the area. Many confronted vital hardships throughout their switch as they grappled with the challenges of displacement and their unsure future.
Visitors accidents are widespread in Afghanistan due partly to poor roads after many years of battle, harmful driving on highways and an absence of regulation. Buses and vans are sometimes overloaded, which will increase the danger of accidents.
In December, two bus accidents involving a gas tanker and a truck on a freeway by central Afghanistan killed at the least 52.
Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.
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