The local authorities of Badakhshan say that a suicide bomber who intended to blow himself up in the midst of a gathering of people in Faizabad city was detonated by the security forces before reaching the target.
The National Center for Seismology (NCS) said that, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck 135 km south-southeast of Fayzabad, Afghanistan at 8.29 am on Monday.
The ministry of interior confirmed that a blast targeted a vehicle in the city of Faizabad on Monday morning, killing head of the provincial security department.