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Suicide blast kills 19 at education centre in Afghan capital

Afghan suicide bombing at school

A woman arrives on a motorbike to search for a relative at a hospital in Kabul on September 30, 2022 after a blast in a learning centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Afghanistan's capital. 

Photo credit: AFP

What you need to know:

  • The blast happened in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of western Kabul.
  • Kaaj Higher Educational Center students were preparing for an exam when the suicide bomber struck.
  • Unfortunately, 19 people were killed and 27 others wounded.

A suicide bomb attack at a learning centre in the Afghan capital on Friday killed 19 people as students prepared for university entrance exams, police said.

The blast happened in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area home to the minority Hazara community, the targets of some of Afghanistan's most deadly attacks.