The Dhaka Times Desk At least 73 people were killed when two buses collided with a fuel truck on a major highway in Afghanistan.
A government official of the country said that the injured have been rescued and taken to different hospitals. Locals also took part in the rescue operation.
Today (Sunday) around 6:30 in the morning, the vehicles caught fire immediately after a collision between two buses and a tanker on the road connecting the capital Kabul with the southern city of Kandahar.
Mohammadullah Ahmadi, director of the provincial traffic department, told AFP that the tragic accident was caused by reckless driving.