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SAA event in Herat, Ferqa Road area, Afghanistan on Sun 25th January 2026

25th January 2026

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At least seven people have been killed in separate incidents in Herat city, provincial capital of Herat, over the past week, Afghanistan International reports on January 25. The victims include a mobile money changer, two young men on the Herat–Karukh road, a teenage street vendor, a man in District 11 and a middle-aged man in a targeted shooting in the city centre. [...] The seventh incident involved a middle-aged man identified as Ismail, who was shot dead in what sources described as a targeted attack in central Herat on January 25. The shooting took place on Ferqa Road, near the start of Majidi Road.

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