...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...
, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement Tuesday.
According to the statement, the bombs were planted by the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
murderous Moslem in Chesht district of the province.
"3 IEDs which were placed by Taliban in Chesht district of Herat were discovered and defused by #ANA, yesterday," said MoD in a tweet.
Authorities did not provide further details but said by defusing these IEDs the national police saved "Lives of tens of civilians" in the province.
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