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Death toll from attack on Herat mosque climbs to at least 36, including father of 14-year-old Fatima Qaderyan 
  
 The death toll from a suicide attack on a mosque in Herat in western Afghanistan has climbed to at least 36, prompting anti-government rallies in what is usually regarded as one of Afghanistan’s safest cities. 
  
  
  
 Among the victims was the father of a teenage girl who captained an all-female team in an international robotics competition in the US last month. 
  
 Islamic State loyalists claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack, which targeted a Shia mosque. All those reported killed were civilians. Critically injured people were transferred to hospitals in nearby Iran. 
  
 The attack was the latest in a string of attacks on Afghan Shias, who have also been targeted in mosques and public demonstrations in Kabul and Mazar-i Sharif. 
  
 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Damage at the mosque in Herat. Photograph: Jalil Rezayee/EPA 
  
 On Wednesday, as relatives were mourning the dead, citizens in Herat took to the street, protesting against the government’s inability to stem the escalating Afghan conflict. 
  
 The number of civilians killed in the Afghan conflict reached a record annual high in 2016, according to the UN. This year, with more than 1,700 civilians killed, is on track to beat that number. 
  
  
  
 “We have seen many such attacks on holy sites in recent months in the city, but the government has done nothing. The morale of the enemy is growing,” said Mehdi Hadid, a Shia member of Herat’s provincial council. 
  
 “Nothing has been done to secure Shia holy areas since the attack. Our community is worried they can be targeted by an Isis terrorist in the city at any moment,” he said. 
  
 The victims included the father of Fatima Qaderyan, 14, who was one of five girls initially denied US visas to participate in a robotics competition in Washington DC. 
  
 The US embassy later reversed its decision, and the girls were hailed as national heroes when they won silver medals for “courageous achievement”. Back home, the team were received by the president, Ashraf Ghani, and first lady, Rula Ghani. 
  
 “Since I was a child, I wanted to do something different,” Qaderyan told the Guardian in July. Her interest in technology was piqued when she saw her first robot in a cartoon at seven years old. 
  
 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Fatima Qaderyan (pictured) and her team mates were celebrated when they returned to Afghanistan with silver medals from the international robotics competition. Photograph: Jalil Rezayee/EPA 
  
 Her father, as the head of the family in a country where girls rarely travel without the permission or company of a close male relative, was her greatest supporter, and went to the airport to see her off to the US. 
  
 The team’s mentor, Ali Reza Mahraban, said the girls were devastated by grief. 
  
 “They are so sad, and nobody can stop Fatima crying. She hasn’t been able to eat or drink for 24 hours, and she can’t move from one room to another,” he said. 
  
 The attack was a rare incursion into western Afghanistan by Isis, who are primarily concentrated in a few pockets in the mountainous eastern region. 
  
 However, facing growing military pressure in the east, the group seems to be shifting focus to urban areas, with a string of violent attacks targeting primarily Shia gatherings. It is unclear, though, whether the suicide bomber in Herat acted with logistical support from the group’s leadership. 
  
 Speaking to the Guardian from an undisclosed location in Nangarhar province, a militant commander loyal to Isis said the group was behind the Herat mosque attack. 
  
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 “Shias are apostates, and they are our prime target. That’s why we killed them in their so-called mosque in Herat, and will continue to attack them in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” he said. 
  
 Afghanistan suffers less sectarian violence than other countries in the region, and many Afghans are loth to be pulled into the kind of ethnic or religious conflict they experienced during the civil war in the 1990s. 
  
 “People of Herat, especially our community, must not be affected by such attacks. Isis wants to increase sectarian conflict between our communities. If we let them, we help them to reach their aims,” said Hassan Anwari, a Shia resident of Herat. 
  
 Azim Kabarzani, a Sunni provincial council member, said: “I witnessed Shias and Sunnis, and even women donating blood in the hospital. Hospital authorities said there is no need for more blood. It shows the unity of our communities.” 
  
 Isis fighters in Afghanistan are estimated to number no more than 1,000, but they are able to take advantage of the country’s lawlessness. Most other insurgent groups are religiously opposed to Isis’s methods and thought. 
  
 “This is not a neighbourhood where Isis will find many natural friendships,” said Michael Kugelman of the Woodrow Wilson Center, a thinktank. 
  
 “Isis is a clear and present danger in Afghanistan and the surrounding region, but we shouldn’t overstate the nature of this threat,” Kugelman said. 
  
 Additional reporting by Akhar Mohammad Makoii in Herat and Haroon Janjua in Islamabad ||||| The father of one of the Afghan girls who caught the world's attention when trying to attend a robotics contest in the US was killed on Tuesday in an ISIL-claimed attack at a mosque in Herat. 
  
 Fatemah Qaderyan, the 14-year-old Afghan robotics team captain, is "angry and grieving" following the deadly attack on Shia worshippers, the team's coach, Ali Reza Mehrban, told Al Jazeera. 
  
 "Fatemah's father could not survive the injuries and lost his life," Ali Reza Mehrban, the team's director, told Al Jazeera. 
  
 At least 32 people were killed in the attack, and more than 60 were wounded. 
  
 "[Fatemah] is very angry and is not eating or speaking to anyone, she is going through a very difficult time," Mehrban said. 
  
 READ MORE: Funerals, protests for Herat mosque bombing victims 
  
 Qaderyan said in an interview in July at The First Global Challenge international robotics contest that her father was her greatest support. 
  
 The team won a silver medal for "courageous achievement", with judges praising the group's "can-do attitude". 
  
 The event in Washington, DC in July attracted teams of teenagers from more than 150 nations. 
  
 But all eyes were on the squad of girls from Afghanistan, who had twice travelled 800km to the American embassy in Kabul, only to have their visa applications turned down. 
  
 They were finally granted entry with just one week to go until the event began after their story went viral. 
  
 Al Jazeera interviewed Qaderyan after the team was granted a visa. 
  
 "Afghanistan is a country at war and doesn't have a lot of resources at hand. Other countries should consider this; they shouldn't be so strict with us," she told Al Jazeera in July. 
  
 Social media users offered condolences to Fatemah and her family. 
  
 The youngest mmber of the #Afghan robotic team has reportedly lost his father in #HERAT explosion #Afghanistanisbleeding — Ahmad Khalid Hakimi (@khalidhakimi) August 3, 2017 
  
 — Nazila Jamshidi (@DidYouKnowGirls) August 3, 2017 
  
 Condolences to Team Afghanistan's captain,Fatemah whose father passed away in recent attack by ISIS in Herat.His daughter made him so proud pic.twitter.com/9StgUjdHPc — Roya Mahboob (@RoyaMahboob) August 3, 2017 
  
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 Public faith in Afghanistan's police and security services plummeted after the attack, the latest in a series of assaults in recent weeks. 
  
 Hundreds took to Herat's streets and protested, demanding better protection. 
  
 The protesters reportedly blocked an envoy of President Ashraf Ghani to deliver a speech during the rally. 
  
 On Wednesday, a Taliban attack on NATO troops in Kandahar killed two US soldiers. Deadly violence was also reported on Tuesday in Helmand province and Paktia. 
  
 On Monday, fighters belonging to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) claimed responsibility for a suicide blast at the Iraqi embassy in Kabul that killed at least two Afghan guards. 
  
 On July 24, a Taliban suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives in western Kabul as they attacked a bus, killing at least 24 people and wounding another 42. 
  
 The bus was carrying staff from the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum. 
  
 Najiba Hussaini, a 28-year-old, was among those killed. 
  
 As a young high school graduate, she won a degree scholarship to study computer applications in India and went on Japan's Kobe city to receive a master's degree in information systems. ||||| After a public outcry, President Trump reportedly intervened to let them travel to the United States. Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and adviser, met with the team and said it was “a privilege and an honor to have you all with us.” 
  
 The team was awarded a silver medal for courageous achievement. 
  
 “I am so excited, and very, very happy,” Fatemah said at the competition, turning the medal over in her hands. “I still can’t believe this happened.” 
  
 The girls returned home to a heroes’ welcome, with leaders holding receptions for them and awarding them plaques. 
  
 “Their success shows that Afghan girls, despite the challenges, can be good inspirations in the field of knowledge and technology,” President Ashraf Ghani said in congratulating the team. 
  
 Ten days later, Fatemah’s father was killed, highlighting how short-lived moments of happiness can be amid the increasing violence taking civilian lives. Fatemah “probably had not had a chance to tell all the stories of her trip and the international reception to her father,” the BBC Persian site noted. 
  
 The attackers, reportedly two of them, entered the mosque as hundreds had gathered for evening prayers. They shot at the worshipers indiscriminately before blowing themselves up. Mr. Qaderyan was shot five times, and his body also had shrapnel wounds, Mr. Yassenzada said. 
  
 Upon returning from the United States, Fatemah had expressed concern about the safety of her team, saying the exposure might bring unwanted attention. |||||

The father of the captain of the Afghan girls' robotics team has been killed just weeks after one of the proudest moments of his life. Mohammed Asef Qaderyan, father of 14-year-old Fatemah Qaderyan, was among at least 36 people killed Tuesday night in a suicide bombing at a mosque in the city of Herat, the Guardian reports. The attack on a Shia mosque was claimed by ISIS. The robotics team, which returned from the US 10 days ago, was initially denied a visa from the State Department to compete in the Washington, DC-based international contest, but they were granted a visa after President Trump intervened. In an interview at the event, where the team won a silver medal for "courageous achievement," Fatemah said her father was her greatest supporter, the Guardian reports. After the attack, "Fatemah's father could not survive the injuries and lost his life," the team's director tells Al Jazeera. Fatemah "is very angry and is not eating or speaking to anyone, she is going through a very difficult time," he says. The New York Times reports that after returning to Afghanistan, Fatemah expressed worries that the exposure could be dangerous. "We appeared in front of national and international media, and in our country this is still dangerous that Afghan girls appear before the media," she said.