The Sunni-Shi’ite jihad predated America’s presence in Afghanistan, and will go on long after everyone who remembers that the Americans were there is dead.

“Bomb on bus kills seven in western Afghan city: officials,” AFP:

A bomb blast on a minibus killed at least seven people in an area inhabited by the minority Shiite community in the western Afghan city of Herat on Saturday, officials said.

The sticky bomb was attached to the fuel tank of the bus, and left nine other people wounded.

“Four women were among the seven killed,” the head of Herat’s provincial hospital, Arif Jalali told AFP….

No group has so far claimed the attack….

However, several attacks are reported each week throughout the country, including some claimed by the regional chapter of the Islamic State group.

IS has regularly targeted the country’s Shiite Hazara community with deadly attacks, and the area where Saturday’s blast occurred near a bus station is also inhabited by the community.