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A magnitude 6.3 aftershock strikes near the Afghan city of Herat, killing at least one person and injuring 65 others just four days after two earthquakes of the same magnitude struck the same area, killing thousands of people.
2023-10-11

Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. The mosque's pro-Taliban imam, who is suspected to be the target of the attack, is among the dead.
2022-09-2

Two bombs explode at a playing field in Herat, Afghanistan, killing five people and injuring 25 more.
2022-04-1

Afghanistan suspends travel between it and Iran and reported three suspected virus cases in Herat.
2020-02-23

Taliban insurgents attacked a checkpoint in the western province of Afghanistan of Herat killing 9 and injuring 6 the militants suffered 10 losses as well.
2018-09-8

Two suicide bombers strike a Shi'ite mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, killing one person and wounding seven others. Security forces kill one bomber while the device kills the other. ISIL claims responsibility.
2018-03-25

An explosion kills at least 29 people and injures dozens more at a Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
2017-08-1

In Herat, Afghanistan, two Finnish women working for a foreign aid organization are shot and killed.
2014-07-24

The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai names the seven areas of Afghanistan that will pass into Afghan control from July: Kabul, Panjshir Province, Bamiyan Province, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Mihtarlam and Lashkar Gah.
2011-03-22

A suicide bomber attacks the United Nations compound in western Afghanistan based in Herat.
2010-10-23