Afghanistan fuel tanker crash kills 52 in Ghazni province

[Hans Mann]

Two buses and a fuel tanker have collided on a major highway in Afghanistan killing 52 people.

An official told the BBC that 73 people injured in the accident had been taken to hospital in Ghazni province.

All three vehicles were set ablaze after the collision on the main road linking the capital, Kabul, to the southern city of Kandahar.

Accidents are common in Afghanistan where roads are often in a poor state and traffic rules rarely enforced.

Afghanistan fuel tanker crash kills 52 in Ghazni province - BBC News

[Neverna]

73 people injured and 52 people killed. Was a bus involved?

[Kurgen]

Accidents are common in Afghanistan where roads are often in a poor state and traffic rules rarely enforced.

I'm glad I don't live in a place like that