02-08-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com

Shiites chant anti-IS slogans, protest latest deadly Afghan attack

Thousands of Shiite protesters chanted slogans against the Islamic State group Wednesday as they carried the coffins of victims of a mosque attack that killed 33 people in the western Afghan city of Herat.Up to 5,000 angry mourners, including relatives of the dead, congregated near the site of Tuesday's suicide bomb attack as IS claimed responsiblity for the latest atrocity targeting the minority community.Jilani Farhad, a spokesman for the governor of Herat province, said the death toll from th
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