At least 78 people killed as bus collides with fuel truck in western Afghanistan

Children among dead after bus carrying Afghans deported from Iran crashed and caught fire in Herat province

78 people have died in western Afghanistan in a collision between a bus carrying Afghans who had recently been deported from Iran and two other vehicles.

The passenger bus hit a motorcycle and a truck transporting fuel on Tuesday night, causing an explosive fire in Herat province's Guzara district, officials and witnesses said.