[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least twelve people including children were killed or maimed in a suicide kaboom in Herat...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
city, the bustling provincial capital of western Herat province, the local officials said.
The incident took place this evening in the vicinity of the 1st police district of the city after a jacket wallah detonated his explosives near a military compound used which was previously used by the Afghan National Army.
A local official confirmed that the blast has taken place close to the former military compound in the vicinity of the 1st police district of the city at around 5:30 pm local time.
Provincial governor’s front man Jilani Farhad confirmed that two children were killed and ten other civilians were maimed in the attack.
He said the corpse count could further rise as at least four maimed civilians are at death's door.
No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the incident.
Herat is among the relatively calm provinces in West of Afghanistan however the security situation of the province has started to deteriorated comparatively during the recent years.