US EditionBus Crash in Afghanistan Kills More than 70 Afghans Returning From Iran
- The death toll from a collision in western Afghanistan has risen to 76, including 17 children, as confirmed by a provincial official.
- Ahmadullah Muttaqi, the Taliban's director of information and culture, confirmed that the bus was transporting deported Afghan refugees from Iran.
- Three additional individuals suffered serious injuries from the crash, which occurred when the bus hit a motorcycle and a fuel truck, resulting in a fire.
- The Bakhtar News Agency reported that this crash was one of the deadliest traffic incidents in recent years in Afghanistan.
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Afghan bus crash death toll climbs to 78
AFGHANISTAN: The death toll from a tragic bus crash in western Afghanistan has risen to 78, according to provincial officials. The incident occurred in Herat province’s Guzara district on Tuesday night when a passenger bus, carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran, collided with a motorcycle and a fuel truck, sparking an explosive fire. Seventy-six people were initially confirmed dead, but two survivors later succumbed to their injuries, bri…
A bus transporting Afghan recently deported from Iran entered a colony and took fire on Tuesdays, ten men, women and children losing their lives, writes News.ro
Fiery bus crash kills dozens of migrants just back in Afghanistan after Iran deported them, officials say
Seventy-six people were killed in a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants just deported by Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan, officials say.
By Rhea Mogul, CNN A bus carrying recently deported Afghans from Iran crashed and burst into flames this Tuesday, killing dozens of men, women and children. At least 76 people died after a collision on a highway in the city of Herat, told CNN the governor's spokesman, Mufti Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi. The bus, which had departed from Islam Qala, a city near the border between Afghanistan and Iran, was headed towards the capital, Kabul, when it crash…
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