Herat

A gunman attacked a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday, with local residents claiming the minority Shiite community had been targeted.

At least seven people were killed Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a rickshaw carrying two Shiite clerics in western Afghanistan, an official and residents said.

Afghan authorities on Wednesday significantly lowered the death toll from a series of quakes that struck western Herat at the weekend to around 1,000.

More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years.

The death count from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of villages razed to the ground.

More than 320 people have been killed and hundreds feared wounded after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit western Afghanistan's Herat, according to the United Nations.

The death count from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to "about 120", disaster relief authorities said, with more than 1,000 others being treated for injuries.

Authorities from Afghanistan's vice ministry created a bonfire of confiscated musical instruments and equipment in Herat province at the weekend, deeming music immoral.

The Taliban on Monday barred entry of families and women into restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Herat province, Afghanistan, reported Fox News.

Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid, a disgruntled Taliban commander, was killed by Taliban border forces when he wanted to enter Iran through the province of Herat in western Afghanistan, media reports said.

The Taliban has implemented a gender segregation plan in the western Herat province, a media report said on Friday.

Taliban have killed a young physician in Afghanistan's Herat province, local media reported citing sources on Friday.

Hundreds of teachers in the western province of Herat gathered and called on the Taliban to pay their salaries, as they have not been paid for over four months, local media reported on Thursday.

The Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them during a shootout in Afghanistan's western city of Herat on Saturday, a senior official said.

The Taliban's interim government, drawn from their own loyalist ranks, has hardliners in all key posts and no women - far from the "inclusive" administration it had promised. In growing protests against the group, 2 were shot dead in Herat yesterday.

A gunman attacked a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday, with local residents claiming the minority Shiite community had been targeted.

At least seven people were killed Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a rickshaw carrying two Shiite clerics in western Afghanistan, an official and residents said.

Afghan authorities on Wednesday significantly lowered the death toll from a series of quakes that struck western Herat at the weekend to around 1,000.

More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years.

The death count from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of villages razed to the ground.

More than 320 people have been killed and hundreds feared wounded after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit western Afghanistan's Herat, according to the United Nations.

The death count from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to "about 120", disaster relief authorities said, with more than 1,000 others being treated for injuries.

Authorities from Afghanistan's vice ministry created a bonfire of confiscated musical instruments and equipment in Herat province at the weekend, deeming music immoral.

The Taliban on Monday barred entry of families and women into restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Herat province, Afghanistan, reported Fox News.

Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid, a disgruntled Taliban commander, was killed by Taliban border forces when he wanted to enter Iran through the province of Herat in western Afghanistan, media reports said.

The Taliban has implemented a gender segregation plan in the western Herat province, a media report said on Friday.

Taliban have killed a young physician in Afghanistan's Herat province, local media reported citing sources on Friday.

Hundreds of teachers in the western province of Herat gathered and called on the Taliban to pay their salaries, as they have not been paid for over four months, local media reported on Thursday.

The Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them during a shootout in Afghanistan's western city of Herat on Saturday, a senior official said.

The Taliban's interim government, drawn from their own loyalist ranks, has hardliners in all key posts and no women - far from the "inclusive" administration it had promised. In growing protests against the group, 2 were shot dead in Herat yesterday.