India, Aug. 20 -- A large number of Afghan people, who were recently deported from Iran, were among those killed after a bus in which they were travelling crashed and caught fire in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
At least 76 people were killed after a collision on a highway in the city of Herat, the region's governor spokesperson Mufti Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi told CNN.
The bus was heading towards Kabul city after leaving from Islam Qala town, located close to the Afghanistan-Iran border.
Several videos of the burning vehicle have now gone viral on social media.
According to reports, the deceased included 17 children.
The crash occurred at a time when Iran has increased the deportation of undocumented migrants from Afghanistan.
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