Reuters, April 9, 2018

Blast Kills 4 Children, Wounds 9 Others in Afghanistan’s Herat Province

The explosion happened near a mosque in Shindand district

A blast from explosives placed on a motorbike killed at least six people, including four children, and wounded nine other children in Herat province in western Afghanistan, a government official said.

The explosion happened near a mosque in Shindand district, said Jilani Farhad, a spokesman for Herat’s governor said.

(Reporting by Jalil Ahmad Rezayee in Herat; writing by Rod Nickel in Kabul; Editing by Toby Chopra

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