Seventy-eight people were killed in a collision in western Afghanistan Tuesday evening between a bus carrying Afghan migrants, a truck and a motorcycle, local officials said.

Mutfi Muhammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesman for the Herat provincial governor, said the dead included women and 17 children. One person hospitalized from the crash was in critical condition.

Onlookers stand at the site of a bus crash in the Guzara district of Herat province in Afghanistan on August 20, 2025. MOHSEN KARIMI / AFP via Getty Images

The truck was carrying petroleum that instantly sparked a fire, officials said. It happened on a busy highway.

The Taliban announced Wednesday that they arrested the head of the transportation company involved in the bus accident. The company's operations have been halted unt

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