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No one claimed responsibility for the bombing but President Ashraf Ghani blamed Taliban insurgents despite the spokesperson for the militant group denying links to the attack.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: UN headquarters attacked in Herat amid fierce battle between govt, Taliban
Herat city is Afghanistan's second provincial capital the Taliban have entered in the last 24 hours. Insurgents entered the capital of the southern province of Helmand a day earlier, and clashes are ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: Afghans scrap protest plans as Herat city under tight security
Afghans scrapped protest plans in Herat on Friday as heavily armed security forces were deployed in the city, after an earlier rally against tightening restrictions on women was violently dispersed.
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News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: Taliban facing constant challenge to authority in provinces bordering Central Asian states
The three northern Afghan provinces bordering Tajikistan – Badakhshan, Takhar and Kunduz – remain vulnerable to ongoing instability, according to ACLED. The watchdog group also noted a rise in violent ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: Car bomb kills at least seven, injures 53 in Afghan Herat province
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A powerful car bomb near a police station on Friday night killed at least seven people and wounded more than 50 others in Afghanistan's western Herat province, officials ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: Afghans abandon Herat protest as security forces flood city
Afghans scrapped protest plans in Herat on June 12 as heavily armed security forces were deployed in the city, after an earlier rally against tightening restrictions on women was violently dispersed.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: UNHCR resumes Afghan return convoys from Iran amid ceasefire in Herat
HERAT, Afghanistan, Aug 23 (UNHCR) - Afghan refugees in Iran are able to return home again, after some 13,000 were stranded last week because of fighting around Herat in western Afghanistan. They have ...