HERAT, Afghanistan, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — A suicide bombing followed by gunshots have killed four people and injured three others in Shindand district of the western Herat province on Thursday, police said. “A terrorist detonated his explosive-laden vehicle next to a base of national army in Shindand district which followed by gunshots have so far
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 4, 2016 A group of foreign tourists escorted by an Afghan Army convoy has been attacked in the western province of Herat. Jilani Farhad, the spokesman for Herat’s governor, said at least six tourists and their Afghan driver were wounded in the August 4 attack in Chesht-e Sharif district. Farhad
Press TV July 30, 2016 An explosion has rocked Afghanistan’s western city of Herat, leaving one civilian dead and five others, including a police force member, wounded. Herat police said the blast took place close to a compound belonging to the Afghan army on Herat’s Minarets Road on Saturday morning. Officials said the explosives were placed
Geo TV: The only all-female coding school in Afghanistan is aiming to bridge gender gaps in a society which considers tough work like programming men’s expertise. Code to Inspire is the first ever only female coding school in Afghanistan. Established in Herat in the year 2015 the school now looks to expand in Mazar-e Sharif. Its founder and
Tolo News: Farzad, 18, was on his way to the shops when a car, allegedly part of a convoy of President Ashraf Ghani’s delegation, collided with his bicycle, killing him instantly. His distraught family have called for justice. The Herat governor has confirmed that an employee from the presidential guard was in the car when it hit Farzad.
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem June 4, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a dam in Afghanistan’s western Herat province Saturday that had been 40 years in the making due to war and upheaval in the country. The Salma Dam, referred to as the Afghanistan India Friendship Dam by both countries, is built with $300
Tolo News: A number of Herat residents on Thursday held their own celebration to inaugurate Salam dam and called it an historical event. The participants praised security forces for securing Salam dam and called the forces “constructive and peace champions”. The residents said that the utilization of the dam will bring effective changes to the agriculture and industry
The Washington Post: HERAT, AFGHANISTAN — Amid the city’s swirling winds, construction crews work steadily to create a new downtown strip that, someday, will include high-rise office towers and thousands of new homes. That’s bad news for people like Nesar Ahmad Papalzai who have watched the rising property values in their city in western Afghanistan contribute to
HERAT, Afghanistan, April 28 (Xinhua) — Unknown armed men gunned down a provincial prosecutor and injured his son in the western Herat province, 640 km west of Kabul on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said. “Unidentified armed men opened fire on prosecutor Samihudin Raheen next to his residence at around 04:00 p.m. local
Tolo News: Afghan and German officials on Saturday officially opened a photographic exhibition in Herat to mark 100 years of friendship between the two countries. A German envoy at the event said the exhibition shows the close relations the two countries have enjoyed over the years. He said that the gallery will narrate the story of Afghan-German