Dozens killed or wounded in Kabul explosion during exam

INA-  SOURCES 

At least 19 people have been killed in an explosion at an education centre in Kabul as an exam was taking place.
The blast happened in Dasht-e-Barchi, a mainly Hazara area in the west of the Afghan capital.
Twenty-seven people were wounded in the attack on Kaj Education Centre, said Kabul police. An entrance exam was taking place at the time.
Security teams have been sent to the scene to investigate, said Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor.
Several men attacked the centre, local media reported, with one said to have detonated a suicide belt inside a classroom.
Social media footage showed bloodied victims being carried away from the scene.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest in a steady stream of violence since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan just over a year ago.
ISIS, a rival of the Taliban, has previously attacked mosques and worshippers, especially members of Afghanistan’s Shiite community.
Dasht-e-Barchi has been the scene of numerous attacks in recent years.
Six people were killed at a high school in the area in April. In May last year, 85 died in a bombing at a girls' school in the area.
In May 2020, gunmen killed 24 women and children at a Medecins Sans Frontieres maternity ward in Dasht-e-Barchi.
Afghanistan’s Hazara minority are often prime targets of terror attacks and face persecution from both ISIS and the Taliban.

Source: THE NATIONAL