...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...
province Sunday morning, local authorities confirmed.
The bomb was placed on a cycle of violence
and detonated near to a police checkpoint, said Abdul Ahad Walizada, a front man for Herat police.Meanwhile,
...back at the hanging, Butch continued with his last words, trying not to repeat himself too often......
eyewitnesses said dozens of shops and nearby houses were damaged in the earth-shattering kaboom.
No group or individual has immediately grabbed credit for the attack.