Thousands of people attended the funeral Saturday of a popular Herat Imam, Mawlavi Mujeeb-ur-Rahman Ansari, who was killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque on Friday. Mawlavi Ansari was killed along with 19 others at the Guzargah Mosque, officials said. Mawlavi Fazil Rahman Ansari, the deceased's brother, has replaced Mawlavi Mujeeb-ur-Rahman Ansari as the
A suicide bomber struck a packed mosque in western Afghanistan Friday, killing at least 18 worshippers, including a prominent cleric loyal to the ruling Taliban.
Police officials said the influential slain scholar, Mujibur Rahman Ansari, was leading afternoon prayers at his Guzargah Mosque in.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An explosion inside a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan leaves scores of dead and wounded on Friday. - World news - T
An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people. including a prominent cleric close to the Taliban.