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| Blast at Pakistan's Herat mission | Blast at Pakistan's Herat mission |
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| Two people have been injured in a small bomb explosion outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat, police say. | Two people have been injured in a small bomb explosion outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat, police say. |
| The bomb was placed on a bicycle and remotely detonated. An Afghan guard at the consulate and a woman were hurt. | The bomb was placed on a bicycle and remotely detonated. An Afghan guard at the consulate and a woman were hurt. |
| The explosion broke some of the building's windows but did little other damage, reports say. | The explosion broke some of the building's windows but did little other damage, reports say. |
| Anti-Pakistan feeling is running high in Afghanistan with officials often accusing Pakistan of fomenting trouble. | Anti-Pakistan feeling is running high in Afghanistan with officials often accusing Pakistan of fomenting trouble. |
| Bicycle bomb | |
| Earlier in July, Afghan President Hamid Karzai blamed Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency for a suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul. | Earlier in July, Afghan President Hamid Karzai blamed Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency for a suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul. |
| More than 40 people were killed in the attack, the deadliest in Kabul since the overthrow of the Taleban in 2001. | More than 40 people were killed in the attack, the deadliest in Kabul since the overthrow of the Taleban in 2001. |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Herat blast. | There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Herat blast. |
| "A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded near the Pakistan consulate. One policeman, guarding the consulate, and a woman passer-by were wounded," a senior security official in Herat told the BBC. | "A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded near the Pakistan consulate. One policeman, guarding the consulate, and a woman passer-by were wounded," a senior security official in Herat told the BBC. |
| Violence has soared in Afghanistan, mainly in the south and east, in recent years but Herat in the west has been relatively free from an insurgency by the Taleban and other militants opposed to the Western-backed government in Kabul. | Violence has soared in Afghanistan, mainly in the south and east, in recent years but Herat in the west has been relatively free from an insurgency by the Taleban and other militants opposed to the Western-backed government in Kabul. |