Market bomb kills one and injures 12

AFGHANISTAN: A BOMB in a busy market killed four people yesterday in the western province of Herat.

The early morning explosion also wounded 12 people, including three policemen on patrol in the bazaar. The blast came three days after a bicycle bomb in Herat’s provincial capital injured 14 people.

Last week, at least 50 people died in multiple suicide bombings in western Nimroz province and a market bomb in Kunduz in the north in what was the deadliest day for civilians so far this year.