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Official: 36 dead in bus-tanker collision in Afghanistan

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Kabul, Sep 4 (AP) At least 36 passengers including womenand children have been killed when their bus collided with afuel tanker in southern Afghanistan’s Zabul province, anofficial said today. Gul Islam Seyal, spokesman for the provincial governor inZabul, said more than 25 others are seriously wounded withsome in critical conditions. The collision took place in Shar-e Safa district, on themain highway linking the capital, Kabul, to the southern cityof Kandahar. Seyal blamed both drivers for being reckless. He said authorities will transfer critical patients toneighboring Kandahar province. In May, 52 people were killed on the same highway inGhazni province in a collision involving two buses and a fueltanker. (AP)ABH

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