Fuel tanker crash kills 73 in Ghazni province

At least 73 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after two buses and an oil tanker burst into flames following a head-on collision in eastern Afghanistan. Many of the dead, including children, were burned beyond recognition as a result of in Sunday’s accident in Ghazni province, near the Afghan capital Kabul. Jawid […]

At least 73 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after two buses and an oil tanker burst into flames following a head-on collision in eastern Afghanistan.
Many of the dead, including children, were burned beyond recognition as a result of in Sunday’s accident in Ghazni province, near the Afghan capital Kabul.
Jawid Salangi, a spokesman for the governor of Ghazni, said the two buses, carrying about 125 passengers from Kabul to Kandahar, collided with the tanker, setting off a fire that quickly engulfed all three vehicles.
Afghan army units were rushed to the scene of the accident in Moqor district and managed to save some passengers, but many of the injured were in a critical condition, he said.
In a separate development, six Taliban fighters were hanged at the Pul-e-Charkhi Prison in Kabul on Sunday.
The executions came only days after the Kabul government vowed to punish people convicted of terror charges.