ISIL Claims Responsibility for Herat Terrorist Attack

At least seven people were killed and several others injured in an attack on a mosque in western Afghanistan, local media reported on Tuesday.

Unknown gunmen targeted worshipers at a Shia mosque in the Andisheh town of Guzara, also known as Gozareh district of Herat province, during evening prayers on Monday, Tolo News reported.

A prayer leader, known as Imam, was also killed in the attack, while the injured were taken to a local hospital.

The Iranian Embassy in Kabul condemned the attack on the mosque.