KABUL – A suicide bombing at a learning center in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 19 people on Friday morning, Al Arabiya quoted police spokesman Khalid Zadran as saying.
“Students were preparing for an exam when a suicide bomber struck at this educational center. Unfortunately, 19 people have been martyred and 27 others wounded,” Zadran said according to MENA.
The blast happened in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood western Kabul home to the minority Hazara community, the scene of some of Afghanistan’s most deadly attacks.
Videos posted online and photos published by local media showed bloodied victims being carried away from the scene.
The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan last year brought an end of the two-decade war and a significant reduction in violence, but security has begun to deteriorate in recent months under the hardline Islamists.
Afghanistan’s Shiite Hazaras have faced persecution for decades, with the Taliban accused of abuses against the group when they first ruled from 1996 to 2001 and picking up again after they swept to power last year.
Countless attacks have devastated the area, with many targeting children, women and schools.
No group claimed responsibility, but a year earlier IS claimed a suicide attack on an educational center in the same area that killed 24, including students.
