Bus crash in Afghanistan kills more than 70 Afghans returning from Iran
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People inspect a burned-out bus that collided with a truck and a motorbike Tuesday evening, causing a massive fire and killing at least 70 people, including children, most of them Afghans returning from Iran, in western Herat province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omid Haqjoo)People and soldiers from the Taliban army inspect a burned-out bus that collided with a truck and a motorbike Tuesday evening, causing a massive fire and killing at least 70 people, including children, most of them Afghans returning from Iran, in western Herat province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omid Haqjoo)A man looks at a burned-out bus that collided with a truck and a motorbike Tuesday evening, causing a massive fire and killing at least 70 people, including children, most of them Afghans returning from Iran, in western Herat province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omid Haqjoo)A man looks at a burned-out bus that collided with a truck and a motorbike Tuesday evening, causing a massive fire and killing at least 70 people, including children, most of them Afghans returning from Iran, in western Herat province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omid Haqjoo)A medic from the Taliban army collects items at the site where a burned-out bus collided with a truck and a motorbike Tuesday evening, causing a massive fire and killing at least 70 people, including children, most of them Afghans returning from Iran, in western Herat province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omid Haqjoo)
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People inspect a burned-out bus that collided with a truck and a motorbike Tuesday evening, causing a massive fire and killing at least 70 people, including children, most of them Afghans returning from Iran, in western Herat province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omid Haqjoo)
A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan killed at least 79 people returning from Iran, including 19 children, an official said.
Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told The Associated Press.
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Tolo News, citing the official, said the accident happened Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. local time in Herat province. The bus collided with a truck and a motorbike, causing a massive fire that killed many on the spot, the outlet reported.
Nearly 1.8 million Afghans have been forcibly returned from Iran in the past few months. A further 184,459 were sent back from Pakistan and more than 5,000 were deported from Turkey since the beginning of the year. Additionally, nearly 10,000 Afghan prisoners have been repatriated, mostly from Pakistan.
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