(20 Aug 2025)
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Guzara District, Afghanistan – 20 August 2025
1. Various of burned bus, security and other officials at site
2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Muhammad Janan Muqadas, senior military commander:
"One motorbike, one Mazda truck and one bus all collided. At that time, the Mazda truck was loaded with oil barrels, and as soon as it collided, the barrels caught fire and engulfed the passenger bus and the motorbike. All the vehicles were completely burned."
3. Various of burned bus
4. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Muhammad Janan Muqadas, senior military commander:
"Everyone was badly burned. We couldn’t recognize anyone; we could only guess by looking at their height — guessing who was a man, who was a child and who was a woman."
5. Various security officials looking at burned documents of victims
6. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Abdul Satar, relative of one of the victims:
"Our question to the government is: are these transport companies here to kill everyone in Afghanistan? This is not the first incident in Afghanistan, so many like this have happened before, at a time when we have internet, television and all technologies."
7. Various of crane removing bus structure
STORYLINE:
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 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.
Traffic accidents are common in Afghanistan, mainly due 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 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.
The Taliban criticized neighboring 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 6 million Afghan refugees remain overseas.
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