2025 Herat road crash

When

19 Aug 2025

Kind

Road accident

Coordinates

34.17° N, 62.08° E

Description

road accident in Afghanistan

Deaths

79

Injured

2

Cause

traffic collision

Road accident in Afghanistan

On 19 August 2025, a passenger bus carrying deported migrants from Iran caught fire after it collided with a motorcycle and a fuel truck and veered off a road in Guzara District, Herat Province, Afghanistan, killing at least 79 people, including 19 children, and injuring two others. It was one of the country's deadliest road crashes of the decade.

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