50 people were killed and several others were injured early on Friday, as a passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan.

50 people were killed and several others were injured early on Friday, as a passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan.

Officials said there were women and children among the victims in the incident that took place in the Spin Band area of Ab Band district of Ghazni province.

"At around 6:30 am (0200 GMT) a passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in the Spin Band area of Ab Band," Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, the deputy governor of the province, told AFP.
"As a result, the fuel tanker and the passenger bus caught fire and 50 people were killed and six others were wounded in the collision. There are women and children among the victims," he said.

The interior ministry also confirmed the incident and the toll.

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.