(Rahmatullah Nikzad/Associated Press)KABUL, Afghanistan — Two buses and a fuel tanker collided Sunday on a major highway in Afghanistan, killing 52 people, officials said. Officials say two buses and a fuel tanker have collided on a major highway in Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people. “With 73 survivors out of the 125, 52 people are dead,” he said, adding that the survivors had been transferred to hospitals. Dozens more people were wounded in the accident, which set all three vehicles ablaze, and the death toll is expected to rise. The buses were traveling one behind the other from Kabul to Kandahar when the accident happened, according to Mohammadullah Ahmadi, director of the provincial traffic department.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2016 01:31 UTC