Bus collides with truck in eastern Afghanistan, killing 51
KABUL - A fiery crash between a bus and a truck in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 51 people.
Gen. Zarawar Zahid, the police chief in Ghazni province, says both vehicles burned after the collision this morning in Ab Band district.
He says 51 of the 56 passengers on the bus have died.
Afghan police and soldiers are working to remove the victims, including children, from the wreckage.
Zahid says many of the bodies are so badly burned that they cannot be easily identified.
The fate of the two drivers was not immediately known.
