HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): At least four people were killed and three others wounded as a result of a mortar shell explosion in Chesht Sharif district of western Herat province on Thursday, an official said.
Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the explosion took place in a farm at 10:30am.
He said the unexploded shell went off after a farmer took it to another place. Four people were killed and three others wounded.
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