At least five people were killed and 20 more wounded when two bombsexploded in quick succession in the western Afghan city of Heratlink on Friday, officials said.
The incident happened in the evening when a group of young men and childrenhad gathered to play at a ground where the bombs were planted.
“Five people have been killed and 20 others have been wounded,” SabitHarwi, spokesman for the intelligence office in Heratlink told AFP.
Harwi said the local police defused two other bombs found in the area.
He said the entire area had been demined recently to remove all unexplodedordnances left from the war and the bombs that exploded on Friday appearedto have been planted just before the group came to play.
Ibrahim Mohammadi, head of Herat linkservice, confirmed the toll and said the dead included a child.
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Herat link is the country’s third-biggestcity, close to the border with Iran, but had remained relatively peacefulfor several weeks.
In January, a bomb attached to a fuel tank of a minibus killed seven peoplein an area inhabited by the minority Shiite community in the city.
Security in Afghanistan link hasvastly improved since a two-decade long insurgency by the Taliban endedwith the hardline Islamist group’s capture of the capital Kabul in August.
However, there have been attacks reported in the country, including someclaimed by the regional chapter of the jihadist Islamic State group.-APP/AFP
