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1 Civilian Killed in Herat Car Bomb Attack; Update: 8+ dead, about 60 injured
[ToloNews] One civilian was killed and 24 more were maimed in a boom-mobile blast near a police outpost in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
 city's district 24 on Friday evening, said Mohammad Ibrahim, head of the provincial hospital.

Herat governor Waheed Qatali confirmed the earth-shattering kaboom but did not provide details about the casualties.

Among those maimed are two military personnel, five women, two children, according to sources.

Local officials said some houses have been damaged in the blast.

No group so far has grabbed credit for the attack.
Deutsche Welle adds:
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the blast, local authorities have blamed the Taliban for the incident.
Update from Khaama Press at 1:10 p.m. ET:
At least eight people have been reported killed and close to 60 people are injured in an Explosion in Herat province.

The blast occurred near a police outpost in PD14 capital of Herat on Friday evening, Waheed Qatali, provincial governor told media.

Seven of the killed in the earth-shattering kaboom are civilians, and more than a dozen houses were damaged in the earth-shattering kaboom which happened near a residential place.

Women, children, and civilians are most of the blast’s victims, according to reports.

No group or individual have grabbed credit for the attack.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
 Tariq Arian, a front man for the Ministry of Interior blamed the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
 for the attack.
Update from Al Ahram at 3:50 p.m. (everyone seems interested in this story, for some reason):
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the blast in Herat had no links to their group.

However, the group's insurgents are active in the western province and have carried out recent attacks against Afghan government forces.
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