At least 14 people were killed and dozens wounded yesterday when a passenger bus collided with a truck in western Afghanistan, officials said, in the latest road accident in the war-torn country.
Women and children were among the casualties from the accident on the Herat-Kabul highway in remote Farah province, an area hit hard by the Taliban insurgency.
"Fourteen people were killed and 41 others were wounded," Mohammad Naser Mehri, a spokesman for Farah's governor, said. The wounded, some in critical condition, were rushed to local hospitals for treatment, officials said.
Afghanistan has some of the world's most dangerous roads, often in dilapidated condition, and traffic rules are seldom enforced. Many in the country rely on old and rickety passenger vehicles and road accidents with high casualty rates are common.
