...Arabic for students...
and security forces in western 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...
province on Tuesday night, local officials said on Wednesday.
The festivities took place in the Pashtun Zarghun district of the province while security forces were supplying equipment to the troops, said a security source.
The Taliban have not yet commented on the attack.