HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Four security personnel were killed in a roadside blast on the Herat-Islam Qala highway in western Herat province on Tuesday.
Governor Said Abdul Wahid Qatali told Pajhwok Afghan News a fifth public protection policeman was wounded in the blast, which he blamed on the Taliban.
Public Health Department spokesman Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai said one injured person had been taken to the civil hospital in Herat City, the provincial capital and his condition was stable.
There was no claim of responsibility for the blast.
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