3 Blasts Rock Boys School In Afghan Capital Kabul, Several Feared Dead

A school in the Afghan capital was hit by three blasts on Tuesday, causing multiple casualties. The blast occurred in a Shi'ite Hazara neighbourhood of Kabul. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Analiza Pathak

Published: April 19, 2022, 1:12 PM IST

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Medical staff move a wounded youth on a stretcher outside a hospital after three blasts rocked a boys' school in a Shiite Hazara neighbourhood in Kabul on April 19, 2022. Wakil Kohsar / AFP

Kabul: Three explosions rocked a high school in western Kabul on Tuesday, killing several people, according to Afghan security and health officials. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on Twitter that the blasts happened at the Abdul Rahim Shahid high school and “caused casualties among our Shiite brothers”. The incident apparently took place when the students were leaving their classes.

Many residents in the neighbourhood belong to the Shia Hazara community, an ethnic and religious minority frequently targeted by Sunni militant groups, including Islamic State. The head of a hospital nursing department, who declined to be named, said at least four people had been killed and 14 wounded in the blasts.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which followed a lull in violence over the cold winter months and after foreign forces withdrew last year.

The Taliban say they have secured the country since taking power in August, but international officials and analysts say that the risk of a resurgence in militancy remains and the Islamic State militant group has claimed several major attacks.

Meanwhile, a local source told Sputnik today that there were two bombings in western Kabul, killing six people and leaving dozens injured.