HERAT CITY (SW) – At least 20 Taliban insurgents are believed to have been wounded and killed in Herat as they were placing explosives in vests designed for suicide attacks, officials said on Sunday.
Herat officials said a powerful explosion at a mosque in the Pashtun-e-Zarghun district of the province has killed and wounded 20 Taliban fighters.
Herat Governor Sayed Abdul Wahid Qatali said that around 11 a.m, a number of Taliban fighters were preparing suicide vests and roadside bombs in a mosque in the village of Marabad in Pashtun-Zarghoon district when the blast rocked the place.
The governor of Herat added that it was not yet clear exactly how many Taliban were killed and how many were wounded. The blast is said to have also destroyed a large amount of explosives hidden in the mosque.
According to officials, the Taliban surround the Pashtun Zarghoon district market following the blast.
The Taliban has not yet commented on the blast.
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