Overview

• Police say the bus hit a motorcycle and then a fuel truck in Guzara district, triggering a blaze that consumed the vehicle.
• Provincial authorities report 71 dead, including 17 children, with only three passengers surviving the inferno.
• Most victims were on the bus, while two people in the truck and two on the motorcycle were also killed, according to police.
• The bus had departed the Islam Qala border crossing and was headed to Kabul with Afghans recently returned or deported from Iran.
• Victim identification and an official probe are underway, as UN agencies document a large spike in returns from Iran that is straining services.