A motorcycle bomb explosion killed eight civilians and wounded seven others in Afghanistan’s western Herat province.



The explosion took place Monday afternoon in a local market in Shindand district close to a gas station, the Herat governor’s spokesperson Jelani Farhad told VOA.



“Women and children are among the victims,” Farhad added.



The death toll may increase, local health officials told VOA.



No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing but Taliban insurgents have a strong presence in the restive Shindand district.

This story was written by VOA's Mohammad Habibzada. </s> A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand’s southern Yala province on Monday, killing three people and wounding 22. AP A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand’s southern Yala province on Monday, killing...

Police said the motorcycle was placed near a stall selling pork. The wounded were taken to the main hospital in Yala. Reuters Police said the motorcycle was placed near a stall selling pork. The wounded were taken to the...

The attacker had reportedly parked the bike with explosives nearby and bought goods at the market to blend in. The bomb exploded when he left the market area. Reuters The attacker had reportedly parked the bike with explosives nearby and bought goods at the market...

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. A Thai forensics unit scoured the aftermath of the motorcycle bombing. Getty images No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. A Thai forensics unit scoured the... </s> A member of the bomb disposal unit surveys the site after a motorcycle bomb blast near a police station in Quetta

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five people including two policemen were killed and 27 injured in a blast near a police station in southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Tuesday evening, a week after a similar blast that killed two people, police said.

An explosive rigged motorcycle was detonated to target a police van parked outside the police station in the heart of Quetta’s busy shopping area, the city police chief said.

“Five people have been killed, including two policemen,” Abdul Razzaq Cheema, Quetta police chief told Reuters. Two women and a child are among the 27 injured in the blast, he added.

In a similar blast last Tuesday two people were killed and 16 were injured when an explosive-rigged motorcycle went off outside a store in Quetta.

Violence in the Baluchistan province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, has fueled concern about the security of investments, in particular an energy link planned to run from western China to Pakistan’s southern port of Gwadar. </s> Blast kills at least 21 in Pakistan vegetable market, says official

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 21 (Reuters) - An explosion in a busy vegetable market killed at least 21 people on Saturday in Pakistan's remote northwestern tribal region, an official said.

About 40 others were wounded in the blast in Kurram region, near the border with Afghanistan, said Sajid Hussain Turi, member of the National Assembly from the region.

"We received 21 bodies of the local tribal people killed in the blast," Turi said, adding that there would be a mass funeral and then a demonstration over the attack.

Reports differed on the cause of the explosion.

Turi said a homemade bomb had been planted in a pile of tomatoes and exploded as people gathered in the market in Parachinar, Kurram's main town, early on Saturday morning.

Taliban militants have been active around Parachinar in the past, ad the town has also suffered sectarian tension between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims.

Another Kurram official, Sabzali Khan, said early reports had suggested that a suicide bomber was responsible for the blast.

An eyewitness, Ashiq Hussain, said he saw bodies strewn around the market and wounded people crying out for help.

"There was no ambulance, and people had to carry the injured in cars and private pickup trucks to the hospital," Hussain told Reuters.

A statement from Pakistan's military said army helicopters had been dispatched to evacuate the wounded. </s> At least 18 people were killed and six others injured in a car bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday morning, authorities said.

The attack occurred near a bus station in the city of Khost, said Najib Danish, spokesman for the interior ministry.

There has been no claim of responsibility.

Developing story - more to come </s> YALA — Police say three people have been killed and 18 injured by a bomb that exploded in a market in southern Thailand.

Police Lt. Eakapong Rattanachai said an attacker parked a motorcycle rigged with explosives near the market and bought goods there to blend in with the crowd Monday morning in Yala province.

Eakapong said the motorcycle bomb exploded when the attacker left the market area, killing three and injuring 18.

Yala is one of Thailand’s three southernmost provinces where Muslim militants have waged a yearslong insurgency.

The three provinces are the only ones with Muslim majorities in the predominantly Buddhist country.

More than 6,500 people have been killed in the violence since 2004. </s> At least 18 people were killed and six others were injured Saturday in a car bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan, CNN reported Saturday.

The attack occurred near a bus station in the city of Khost, said Najib Danish, spokesman for the interior ministry.

There has been no claim of responsibility. </s> A suicide bomber has killed six policemen and five others after exploding a device in eastern Kabul, Afghanistan.

Another 14 police officers were wounded in the bomb which was detonated amid a group of security officials monitoring protests by shopkeepers.

Wahid Mujro, a spokesman for the health ministry, said 15 wounded were treated at Kabul hospitals.

President Ashraf Ghani called the attack "inhumane" and against the tenets of Islam.

Early reports said Isis had claimed responsibility for the attack. </s> Iraq: Suicide bombing kills at least 22 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - At least 22 people are dead after a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in a bustling market area in Baghdad.

 

Police say the bomber attacked an outdoor fruit and vegetable market, day laborers and a police checkpoint in Baghdad's Sadr City.

 

Up to 35 other people were wounded.
A motorcycle bomb kills at least eight and injures at least seven at a market in Shindand, Afghanistan.