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A tragic accident in western Afghanistan left 76 people dead after a passenger bus carrying Afghans returning from Iran collided with a motorcycle and then a fuel truck in the Guzara district of Herat province, setting the bus ablaze. The incident occurred on the evening of August 19, 2025, along the busy Herat–Islam Qala highway. The vehicle had started its journey from the Islam Qala border crossing and was heading toward Herat city when disaster struck. Officials later confirmed that among the dead were 37 men, 21 women, and 18 children, while two people in the truck and two on the motorcycle also lost their lives. Only three passengers from the bus managed to survive the inferno. Authorities attributed the cause of the crash to overspeeding and negligence on the part of the bus driver. The catastrophe unfolded amid a wave of forced returns from Iran and Pakistan, with as many as 1.5 to 1.6 million Afghans crossing back into their homeland in 2025. Many of these returnees face sever...

  A tragic accident in western Afghanistan left 76 people dead after a passenger bus carrying Afghans returning from Iran collided with a motorcycle and then a fuel truck in the Guzara district of Herat province, setting the bus ablaze. The incident occurred on the evening of August 19, 2025, along the busy Herat–Islam Qala highway. The vehicle had started its journey from the Islam Qala border crossing and was heading toward Herat city when disaster struck. Officials later confirmed that among the dead were 37 men, 21 women, and 18 children, while two people in the truck and two on the motorcycle also lost their lives. Only three passengers from the bus managed to survive the inferno. Authorities attributed the cause of the crash to overspeeding and negligence on the part of the bus driver. The catastrophe unfolded amid a wave of forced returns from Iran and Pakistan, with as many as 1.5 to 1.6 million Afghans crossing back into their homeland in 2025. Many of these returnees face...