Bus crash in Afghanistan kills more than 70 Afghans returning from Iran

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The wreckage of a bus is towed at the site of a crash in Guzara district of Herat province on August 20, 2025.
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“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.

Tolo News, citing the official, said the accident happened on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) at 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. Traffic accidents are common in Afghanistan, mainly owing to poor road conditions and driver carelessness.

Nearly 1.8 million Afghans have been forcibly returned from Iran in the past few months. A further 1,84,459 were sent back from Pakistan and more than 5,000 were deported from Turkiye since the beginning of the year. Additionally, nearly 10,000 Afghan prisoners have been repatriated, mostly from Pakistan.

The Taliban criticised neighbouring countries in July for the mass expulsion of Afghans, as Iran and Pakistan expel foreigners who they say are living there illegally. The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said some six million Afghan refugees remain overseas.

Published – August 20, 2025 02:46 pm IST

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52 killed in two bus accidents in central Afghanistan

admin — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:33:58 +0000

Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed 52 people and injured 65, the Taliban government spokesmen said Thursday (December 19, 2024).

The accidents happened in Ghazni province on the same highway between the capital Kabul and southern Kandahar city late Wednesday (December 18, 2024), provincial head of information and culture Hamidullah Nisar said on X, without specifying how many people were killed and injured in each accident.

“We learned with great regret that two fatal traffic accidents occurred on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway, in which 52 of our compatriots were killed and 65 others were injured,” said chief government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

One bus collided with a fuel tanker near Shahbaz village in central Ghazni while the other hit a truck in the eastern district of Andar, Nisar said.

Rescue teams rushed to the site and transported the injured to hospital, with some in “serious condition”, he added.

Traffic accidents are common in Afghanistan, due in part to poor roads after decades of conflict, dangerous driving on highways, and a lack of regulation.

In March, more than 20 people were killed and 38 injured when a bus collided with a fuel tanker and burst into flames in southern Helmand province.

Another serious accident involving an fuel tanker took place in December 2022, when the vehicle overturned and caught fire in Afghanistan’s high-altitude Salang Pass, killing 31 people and leaving dozens more with burns.

Published – December 19, 2024 12:03 pm IST

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Bus crash in Afghanistan kills more than 70 Afghans returning from Iran

52 killed in two bus accidents in central Afghanistan