Explosion at mosque in Afghanistan’s Herat: officials

Author: Web Desk

KABUL: At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded in an explosion near police offices and a mosque in Afghanistan’s Herat province on the border with Iran.

“Bomb was planted in a rickshaw that detonated near the Jama Masjid, a large mosque” said Abdul Ahid Wali Zada, police spokesperson “The death toll coud rise,” he said.

Yet there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

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