AT least 26 people have been killed and another 14 injured after a bus overturned down a rocky embankment in Afghanistan.

The horror crash happened around 3am today in Arghandi, outside Kabul.

The 580-model coach veered off the road and rolled down a rocky embankment while on its way from Kandahar to the capital.

Local reports say the bus did not collide with another vehicle as the cause of the freak crash remains unknown.

Shocking pictures from the scene showed the mangled bus as Taliban officials and villagers scrambled to pull bodies from the wreckage and rush the wounded to hospitals.

The coach's roof and sides could also be seen caved in, a stark sign of the brutal crash impact.

Deadly road disasters are nothing new for Afghanistan.

Last week in Herat province, a separate crash

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