At least 18 people killed, including pro-Taliban imam, in suicide attack on the Guzargah Mosque in western Herat city with many wounded.

An explosion at a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan killed a high-profile pro-Taliban scholar as well as more than a dozen civilians.

Images on social media on Friday showed what appeared to be blood-stained bodies scattered around the mosque compound. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.