HERAT, Afghanistan, July 31 (AFP) A small bomb exploded Thursday near Pakistan’s consulate in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat, injuring a policeman and a woman, police said. The bomb, attached to a bicycle, appeared to have been detonated remotely, deputy city police chief Ghulam Sarwar Haidary told AFP. “A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded near the Pakistan consulate. One policeman, guarding the consulate, and a woman passer-by were wounded,” the official said. The bomb caused little damage, blowing out some windows nearby. It was not known who was behind the blast and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Pakistani Government summoned Afghan embassy officials to lodge their protest.

Pakistan said Thursday it had summoned the Afghan ambassador to the foreign office to convey “grave concerns” over a bombing outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat. Afghan authorities said a policeman and a woman were wounded when a small bomb attached to a bicycle was remotely detonated Thursday near the consulate building. “The government of Pakistan condemns the bomb explosion outside its consulate in Herat,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. “The ambassador of Afghanistan is being summoned to the foreign office to convey the grave concerns of the government of Pakistan.” The statement said Pakistan “holds the government of Afghanistan responsible for the safety and security of its personnel in its embassy in Kabul and consulates in Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Mazar-i-Sharif. “We hope that the government of Afghanistan will take its responsibility seriously