A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a center that prepares students for their university entrance exams. Most of the victims are young women.
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An explosion in full preparation for exams. At least 19 people were killed in a suicide attack on Friday, September 30, against a training center for students in Kabul. It was committed in a neighborhood where the minority Hazara community lives, the scene of some of the deadliest attacks in recent years in Afghanistan.
“Students were preparing for an exam when a suicide bomber blew himself up in this educational center. Unfortunately, 19 people died and 27 others were injured”, said Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the police. This training center prepares students, aged 18 and over, for their university entrance exams. Most of the victims transported to hospitals are women, noted an AFP journalist.
This attack, which once again targets the world of education, occurred in the district of Dasht-e-Barchi, in western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area where the minority Hazara community lives. Videos posted on social media and photos published by local media show bloodied victims being carried from the scene of the explosion.
Dasht-e-Barchi has been heavily hit in recent years and since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 by several attacks claimed by EI-K, the regional branch of the jihadist group Islamic State, which considers the Hazaras as heretics.