Four Security Force Members Killed in Herat Roadside Bomb Blast

The incident happened on Herat-Islam Qala highway in Herat province on Tuesday morning, local officials said.

Four members of the Public Protection Force were killed one more was wounded in a roadside bomb blast on the Herat-Islam Qala highway on Tuesday morning, the provincial governor Waheed Qatali said.

“The members of the Public Protection Force were on patrol when the blast happened,” Qatali said, adding that “the bomb was placed by the Taliban.”

The Taliban so far has not commented on the blast.