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Nine killed, 35 injured in Afghanistan highway bus crush
A passenger bus overturned on the Badghis–Herat Highway on Sunday, leaving nine people dead and 35 others injured, local officials said.
The incident occurred around 11 a.m. in the Sabzak area of Qala-e-Naw, when a passenger bus traveling from Herat toward the Badghis provincial capital veered off the road and overturned. Police attributed the accident to driver negligence.
According to officials, the victims include women and children. Several of the injured are reported to be in critical condition.
Security personnel helped transport the wounded to nearby medical facilities, while traffic police have opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.