Father of robotics team member killed in Herat attack

The father of one of the Afghan girls who caught the world's attention when trying to attend a robotics contest in the United States 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.