Dhaka, Aug. 20 -- At least 73 people, including 17 children, were killed in a road accident in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Tuesday night.

The accident took place in the area when a bus carrying deported migrants to Kabul caught fire after colliding with a truck and motorcycle, provincial government spokesman Ahmadullah Muttaqi said.

Everyone aboard the bus was killed, as well as two people from the other vehicles, he said.

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