fuel tanker collision

Bus, fuel tanker collision kills 35 in Afghanistan

"The passenger bus was on its way from Kandahar to Kabul when it collided with a fuel tanker," Zabul's Governor, Bismillah Afghanmal, told AFP.

The collision sparked an inferno and many of the victims, including women and children, were burned beyond recognition, he said.

Some of the wounded were rushed to hospitals in provincial capital Qalat as well as neighbouring Kandahar province, said Ghulam Jilani Farahi, deputy Zabul police chief.