A large number of Afghan people, who were recently deported from Iran, were among those killed after a bus in which they were travelling crashed and caught fire in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
At least 76 people were killed after a collision on a highway in the city of Herat, the region’s governor spokesperson Mufti Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi told CNN.
The bus was heading towards Kabul city after leaving from Islam Qala town, located close to the Afghanistan-Iran border.
Several videos of the burning vehicle have now gone viral on social media.
Ahmadullah Muttaqi, Director of the Information and Culture Department in Herat Province, told CNN that the bodies of the deceased people were shifted to the provincial hospital.
According to reports, the deceased included 17 children.
The crash occurred at a time when Iran has increased the deportation of undocumented migrants from Afghanistan.
Since the 1970s, a large number of Afghan nationals have escaped to Pakistan and Iran, especially during the Soviet invasion and the return of the Taliban in 2021.
