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HERAT, AFGHANISTAN: Watu 10 wamefariki na wengine kadhaa kujeruhiwa baada ya kutokea kwa mlipuko karibu na ofisi za Polisi na Msikiti.
Bomu hilo limesababisha tarahuki kubwa na zanasemauwa kuna uwezekano mkubwa idadi ya vifo kuongezeka.
Msemaji wa kikundi cha Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid amekana kikundi chake kuhusika na mlipuko huo.
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Several people killed in explosion near a mosque and police offices in western province, local media report.
At least 10 people were killed and several wounded in an explosion near police offices and a mosque in Afghanistan's Herat province, police officials told Al Jazeera.
Abdul Ahid Wali Zada, police spokesperson, said the bomb was planted in a rickshaw that detonated near the Jama Masjid, a large mosque dating from the 12th century in Herat city on Tuesday.
"The death toll could rise," he said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, told Al Jazeera that the group was not involved in the attack.
Images posted to social media showed plumes of black smoke rising above a mosque complex.
The reports came after a string of recent attacks in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, and as President Ashraf Ghani hosted a summit on security.
On May 31, at least 150 people were killed when a truck loaded with explosives detonated in a fortified area of the city near several foreign embassies.
Source: Al Jazeera
Bomu hilo limesababisha tarahuki kubwa na zanasemauwa kuna uwezekano mkubwa idadi ya vifo kuongezeka.
Msemaji wa kikundi cha Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid amekana kikundi chake kuhusika na mlipuko huo.
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Several people killed in explosion near a mosque and police offices in western province, local media report.
At least 10 people were killed and several wounded in an explosion near police offices and a mosque in Afghanistan's Herat province, police officials told Al Jazeera.
Abdul Ahid Wali Zada, police spokesperson, said the bomb was planted in a rickshaw that detonated near the Jama Masjid, a large mosque dating from the 12th century in Herat city on Tuesday.
"The death toll could rise," he said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, told Al Jazeera that the group was not involved in the attack.
Images posted to social media showed plumes of black smoke rising above a mosque complex.
The reports came after a string of recent attacks in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, and as President Ashraf Ghani hosted a summit on security.
On May 31, at least 150 people were killed when a truck loaded with explosives detonated in a fortified area of the city near several foreign embassies.
Source: Al Jazeera