Islamabad: The bomb attached to the packaged minivan exploded in Herat Western Afghanistan province on Saturday, killing at least seven civilians and injuring nine others, Taliban officials said.
No one claimed responsibility for the explosion, but the Islamic state had claimed credit for a similar attack on civilians and new Taliban leaders elsewhere in the country since the group seized power on August 15.
The bomb was first at Herat.
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The official local Taliban Naeemulhaq Haqqani said the investigation was ongoing.
A Taliban intelligence official at West Herat told the Associated Press that the bomb was attached to the van fuel tank.
He spoke with anonymous requirements because he was not authorized to release information to the public.
Herat Ambulance Chief Ebrahim Mohammadi said the victims – three were in critical condition – transferred to the provincial hospital.