KABUL (Reuters) -A blast outside a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 18 people including a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric in what authorities said was an attack.
"18 have been killed and 23 have been injured," spokesman for the interior ministry Abdul Nafi Takor told Reuters.
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