4 security personnel dead in Herat roadside bombing

KABUL (Pajhwok): Four security personnel were killed and a fifth wounded in a roadside bombing in western Herat province on Tuesday morning.

Governor Waheed Qatali, confirming the incident, said the Public Protection Force members came under bomb attack on the Herat-Islam Qala highway.

“The members of the Public Protection Force were on patrol when the blast happened,” Qatali was quoted as saying by Tolo News. He accused the Taliban of planting bomb.

The Taliban, however, have not yet commented on the blast, which comes amid soaring violence in the country.

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