More than 100 people have been killed in fighting in the western Afghan city of Herat after the death of the civil aviation minister.
Zahir Nayebzada, the government commander in Herat, accused forces of the provincial governor Ismail Khan of provoking the fighting by trying to take command of his division.
He said Khan's son, Civil Aviation Minister Mirwais Sadiq, was killed after breaking into his residence.
More than 100 people have been killed on both sides.
