ISLAMABAD: At least seven civilians were killed and nine others injured when a bomb mounted on a packed minivan exploded in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Saturday.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, but Islamic State has claimed credit for similar attacks on civilians and new attacks in the country. Taliban leader Elsewhere in the country since the group seized power on 15 August.
Saturday’s bombing was the first such attack in Herat. Local Taliban official Nayemulhaq Haqqani said the investigation was ongoing.
A Taliban intelligence official in western Herat told the Associated Press that the bomb was attached to the van’s fuel tank. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information to the public.
Herat Ambulance Chief Ibrahim Mohammadi said the victims – three in critical condition – were transferred to a provincial hospital.
Since returning to power, the Taliban have imposed extensive sanctions, many of which are directed at women.
The UN aid mission in Afghanistan on Saturday called on the Taliban to find two women’s rights activists – Tamana Zaryab Paryani And Parwana Ibrahimkheli – Who went missing from Kabul on Wednesday.
“We urge the Taliban to provide information about their whereabouts and to protect the rights of all Afghans,” UNAMA said in a tweet on Saturday. The Taliban have denied any involvement in his disappearance.
At least ten-armed men who claimed to be Taliban intelligence members broke into an apartment in Kabul on Wednesday and were arrested, an eyewitness said. Tamana Zaryab Parayani and his three sisters.
Shortly before she was taken away, the women’s rights activist posted a video on social media, showing her intimidated, breathless and screaming for help. He said that the Taliban is knocking on his door.
Paryani was among 25 women who took part in an anti-Taliban protest last weekend against the mandatory Islamic headscarf or hijab for women.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, but Islamic State has claimed credit for similar attacks on civilians and new attacks in the country. Taliban leader Elsewhere in the country since the group seized power on 15 August.
Saturday’s bombing was the first such attack in Herat. Local Taliban official Nayemulhaq Haqqani said the investigation was ongoing.
A Taliban intelligence official in western Herat told the Associated Press that the bomb was attached to the van’s fuel tank. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information to the public.
Herat Ambulance Chief Ibrahim Mohammadi said the victims – three in critical condition – were transferred to a provincial hospital.
Since returning to power, the Taliban have imposed extensive sanctions, many of which are directed at women.
The UN aid mission in Afghanistan on Saturday called on the Taliban to find two women’s rights activists – Tamana Zaryab Paryani And Parwana Ibrahimkheli – Who went missing from Kabul on Wednesday.
“We urge the Taliban to provide information about their whereabouts and to protect the rights of all Afghans,” UNAMA said in a tweet on Saturday. The Taliban have denied any involvement in his disappearance.
At least ten-armed men who claimed to be Taliban intelligence members broke into an apartment in Kabul on Wednesday and were arrested, an eyewitness said. Tamana Zaryab Parayani and his three sisters.
Shortly before she was taken away, the women’s rights activist posted a video on social media, showing her intimidated, breathless and screaming for help. He said that the Taliban is knocking on his door.
Paryani was among 25 women who took part in an anti-Taliban protest last weekend against the mandatory Islamic headscarf or hijab for women.
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