Afghanistan: At least 4 Afghan civilians were killed and 14 people injured, including a district chief, were wounded in a bomb attack in Obe district of western Herat province on Saturday, a local official said.
“The incident occurred near the Obe district administrative office after a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded when the vehicle of district chief was passing by the area in the morning,” provincial government spokesman Jilani Farhad told Xinhua news agency.
The injured were shifted to a district hospital and several of them were in a critical condition.No group has claimed the incident so far but local officials blamed Taliban militants for the incident.