Rockets fired in western Afghan city Herat, one killed

HERAT, AFGHANISTAN: Rockets fired in the western Afghan city of Herat on Sunday hit a wall of the provincial governor's building and nearby houses, killing at least one civilian, a Reuters witness and a local official said.

The attack came a day after US forces conducted an air strike that Afghan and US officials said had probably killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour.

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General Majeed Rozi, Herat's chief of police, confirmed that at least three rockets had been fired at the governor's building where a meeting on security was being held.

There was no immediate confirmation on whether the Herat attack was linked to the strike against Mansour.