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Afghanistan

35 killed in bus, fuel tanker crash

At least 35 people were killed early Sunday when a passenger bus struck a fuel tanker in a head-on collision in the southern province of Zabul, officials said. "The passenger bus was on its way from Kandahar to Kabul when it collided with a fuel tanker. In the accident, 35 people were killed and more than 20 others were wounded," said Zabul's Governor Bismillah Afghanmal.