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Ten children among 11 killed in Afghan gas terminal explosions
Herat, Afghanistan, Aug 25 (IBNS) At least ten children and one adult were killed as a series of huge explosions at a gas terminal rocked the western Afghan city of Herat on Tuesday, reports said.
The victims were dwellers of a camp for war-displaced people.
The explosions could be heard from far-off areas as the fire sprang high into the sky.
At least 18 people were just an accident or an act by militants is yet to be ascertained.
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