8 dead and 47 injured in an attack in Afghanistan
People gather at the site of the explosion.
EPA
Eight people were killed and at least 47 were injured, most of them women and children, in a car bomb explosion near a police station in Herat, western Afghanistan.
A spokesman for the governor of Herat state, Gilani Farhad, told AFP that the death toll from the attack amounts to eight dead and 47 wounded, noting that among the dead were a member of the security forces and seven civilians, including two men, two women and three children.
He explained that among the wounded, at least 20 women and eight children, in addition to eight members of the Afghan forces.
He pointed out that the attack caused damage to dozens of homes and shops.
Herat Hospital spokesman Rafi` Sharzai confirmed the toll.
The Afghan government controls Herat, which is one of the largest Afghan cities, but the surrounding countryside is witnessing battles between Afghan forces and the "Taliban" movement, which announced that it had no involvement in this attack.
In the context of the peace process, which began last year, the Taliban pledged not to carry out major attacks in cities. However, for several months, major cities have witnessed a wave of assassinations targeting journalists, judges, doctors, political and religious figures, and human rights defenders. Kabul and Washington carried the Taliban. Responsibility for assassinations.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani accused the Taliban movement of launching the Herat attack, declaring that the elements of the movement were continuing their unlawful war and violence against the Afghan people, and again they showed their unwillingness to reach a peaceful settlement of the current crises.
Yesterday, the UN Security Council condemned the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in Afghanistan, and urged the parties to the negotiations to take confidence-building measures, including reducing violence, and continuing to engage in good faith in the peace process.
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