Road transport in Afghanistan Traffic accidents are common in Afghanistan, primarily due to poor road conditions after decades of
ongoing internal conflict, driver carelessness, and lack of regulation. In addition, the
Herat–Islam Qala highway, an extension of the
Afghanistan Ring Road where the collision happened, is considered one of the country's most dangerous routes. On 27 August, eight days later, a passenger bus overturned in Arghandi,
Kabul, causing 25 fatalities and injuring 27 others. On 1 September, almost two weeks later, an overcrowded car also overturned in
Aqcha District,
Jowzjan Province, killing eight people and injuring four others.
Mass deportation of Afghans from Iran About 1.8 million
Afghans have been forcibly expelled from Iran in 2025, with an additional 184,459 deported from Pakistan and over 5,000 from Turkey since the start of the year.
Around 10,000 Afghan prisoners, mostly from Pakistan, have also been repatriated. The bus was traveling to the capital Kabul as part of a large-scale operation to remove Afghans from Iran initiated after the
Twelve-Day War in June. The crash took place a day after Iranian Minister of Interior
Eskandar Momeni announced that 800,000 more people would have to leave the country by next March. A United Nations report issued in July related that some returnees face "
serious human rights violations", including "torture, ill-treatment, arbitrary arrest and detention, and threats to personal security." The
Taliban, which has ruled the country since
seizing power in August 2021, denied the allegations. == Crash ==