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The blasts came during a Farmers Day celebration in the southern city that was attended by nearly 1,000 people.
"Mujib Rahman Ansari, with some of his guards and civilians, have been killed on their way toward the mosque," said Herat's police spokesperson Mahmood Rasoli.
The Ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the Afghan people and families of the victims of this heinous crime and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
"Sixteen bodies were found during search and rescue efforts," the ministry said in a statement, adding that 18 people were still missing. Officials said more than 350 rescuers are at work on the ground.
Russia blamed the blasts at an ammunition storage facility in Mayskoye on an "act of sabotage” without naming the perpetrators.
Two men were killed in an apparent hand grenade explosion in downtown Kiev, Ukrainian police said on Wednesday. The blast that left two men dead and also one woman injured happened late on Tuesday
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power. Several children were reported to be among the wounded.
Another blast later in the day near the money exchange market in Jalalabad injured six people, according to police in Nangahar province.
The device exploded after being attached to the vehicle they were travelling in on Saturday evening, Rehman Gul Khattak, senior government official for North Waziristan, said in a statement.
The blast tore through the Kocha Risaldar area of the city moments before Friday prayers were to start, shattering the interior and showering the streets with broken glass.