Afghan bus collides with oil tanker, 50 dead

A passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan early on Friday, killing 50 people and injuring several others, with women and children among the victims, nation.co.uk website informs.
The incident happened in the Spin Band area of Ab Band district of Ghazni province, which straddles the main highway from Kabul to Kandahar, the capital of the south.
It was not immediately clear to whom the fuel tanker belonged. Ghazni is part of the main supply route for NATO goods coming into Afghanistan from the north and heading south.
The interior ministry also said that 50 people had died in the incident.