ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb hooked up to a packed minivan exploded in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Saturday, killing at the least seven civilians and wounding 9 others, Taliban officers stated.
Nobody instantly claimed duty for the explosion, however the Islamic State has claimed credit score for comparable assaults on civilians and the nation’s new Taliban leaders elsewhere within the nation because the group seized energy on Aug. 15.
Saturday’s bombing was the primary such assault in Herat. Native Taliban official Naeemulhaq Haqqani stated investigations have been ongoing.
A Taliban intelligence official in western Herat advised the Related Press that the bomb was hooked up to the van’s gasoline tank. He spoke on situation of anonymity as he wasn’t licensed to launch the knowledge to the general public.
Herat Ambulance chief Ebrahim Mohammadi stated the victims — three in crucial situation — have been transferred to the provincial hospital.
Since their return to energy, the Taliban have imposed widespread restrictions, lots of them directed at girls.
The United Nations Help Mission in Afghanistan on Saturday referred to as on the Taliban to search out two girls rights activists — Tamana Zaryab Paryani and Parawana Ibrahimkhel — who disappeared on Wednesday from Kabul.
“We urge Taliban to offer data on their whereabouts & to guard rights of all Afghans,” UNAMA stated in a tweet Saturday. Taliban have denied any involvement of their disappearance.
An eyewitness stated that at the least ten-armed individuals claiming to be Taliban intelligence members broke into an condominium Wednesday in Kabul and arrested Tamana Zaryab Paryani and her three sisters.
The ladies rights activist posted a video on social media shortly earlier than they have been taken away, displaying them frightened, breathless and screaming for assist. She stated that Taliban have been banging on her door.
Paryani was amongst about 25 girls who took half in an anti-Taliban protest final weekend in opposition to the obligatory Islamic scarf, or hijab, for girls.