Car bomb in Afghanistan’s Herat province kills several

Powerful blast outside police station in western Afghanistan leaves at least eight dead, more than 50 wounded.

A powerful car bomb near a police station in Afghanistan’s western Herat province has killed at least eight people and wounded more than 50 others, officials said. Rafiq Sherzai, a spokesman for the provincial hospital, said the death toll from Friday’s explosion is expected to rise because several of the injured were in a critical condition. One among the dead and 11 of the injured were Afghan Security Forces personnel while the remainder were civilians, including women and children, said Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian.