A bus collided with the wreckage of a truck that had been attacked by Taliban insurgents several days before in southern Afghanistan, killing 30 people aboard the bus in a fiery crash on Friday, officials told The Associated Press.
The battered truck was left in the middle of a narrow road on the border of Helmand and Kandahar provinces for several days after insurgents opened fire on it. Police considered the area too dangerous to enter, the officials said.
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Before sunrise Friday, the bus smashed into the truck and both vehicles burst into flames, badly burning many of the bus passengers, said Abdul Razaq, the provincial police chief of Kandahar.
Razaq said eight passengers were injured. Omar Zawak, the governor's spokesman in Helmand province, put the injury total at 11. Both said the casualties included men, women and children.
The bus began its journey in the capital of Helmand province and was scheduled to stop in Kandahar city, then travel north to Kabul, the Afghan capital, Razaq said.
The same day as the crash, Afghan and coalition forces arrested about 10 insurgents during joint operations in four provinces of Afghanistan that began on Wednesday, including several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, the International Security Assistance Force said.
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