3 Security Force Members Killed in Attack on Herat Dam Three security force members, who were assigned to protect the Pashdan dam in Herat, were killed in an attack by armed men early Tuesday morning, an official said. Nizamuddin Khpulwak, spokesman for National Water Affairs Regulation Authority, said the attack happened at around 3 am on Tuesday in which four more security force members were wounded. Head of the Pashdan dam, Mohammad Arif Achakzai, told TOLOnews that the Taliban attacked an outpost far from the dam. He said the outpost has a lot of distance from the surrounding wall of the dam.