6 Killed In Blasts: Many locals are members of the Shia Hazara community, a minority of ethnic and religious groups often led by Sunni terrorist groups.
Kabul: Three bombs exploded at a high school west of Kabul on Tuesday, killing six people and injuring 11, according to Afghan police officials.
Many locals are members of the Shia Hazara community, a minority ethnic and religious sect often controlled by Sunni terrorist groups, including Islamic State.
“There were three explosives … in high school, there were casualties among our Shia people,” said Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul commander.
The head of the nursing department at the hospital, who declined to be named, said at least four people had been killed and 14 injured in the blast.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which was followed by a cool off in the cold winter months and the withdrawal of foreign troops last year.
The Taliban says it has defended the country since taking power in August, but international officials and analysts say the risk of a renewed terrorist attack still exists and that the Islamic State terrorist group has attacked several times.
A series of explosions at educational institutions injured at least seven children in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, with reports that at least three bombs had exploded in a predominantly Shiite area, police said.
The blast, which happened in quick succession, injured several children and left some injured, according to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran and the city’s Emergency Hospital.
The blast took place near Abdul Rahim Shaheed High School and inside the educational center, where exams are being held in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul.
o one ever said he was responsible immediately. The area was previously targeted by Afghanistan’s deadly Islamic State militant group, which has denounced Shiite Muslims as heretics.
A series of explosions at educational institutions injured at least seven children in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, with reports that at least three bombs had exploded in a predominantly Shiite area, police said. according to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran and the city’s emergency hospital.
Tuesday’s blast came as students were leaving their morning classes, an eyewitness told AFP.
The head of the nursing department at the hospital, who declined to be named, told Reuters that at least four people had been killed and 14 injured in the blast.
Al Jazeera, however, could not independently confirm the death toll.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which was followed by a cool off in the cold winter months and the withdrawal of foreign troops last year.
Taliban rulers in Afghanistan say they have been defending the country since taking office in August, but international officials and analysts say the threat of insurgency still exists.
Many attacks over the past few months have been demanded by ISIL.
In May last year at least 85 people – mostly female students – were killed and about 300 injured when three bombs exploded near their school in Dasht-e-Barchi.
. An Associated Press reporter, meanwhile, reported seeing blood on the walls and burnt stationery, school bags and shoes spread inside the school.
Although the Taliban have defended the country since taking office in August, analysts and international officials have warned of a possible outbreak of violence, and the Islamic State terrorist group says it is attacking the country.
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