A bomb blast near a school in Kabul, the Afghan capital killed at least 40 people, several others were injured in the incident. Most of the injured were students, and it is not clear about any of the dead.
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Bomb blast Outside School in west Kabul; Kills at Least 40 in Afghanistan
Kabul: A bomb explosion near a school in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The Interior Ministry said 40 people were killed and several others were injured in the incident. Most of the injured were students, and it is not clear about any of the dead. Injured students were admitted to the hospital.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Meanwhile, angry people attacked ambulances and health workers. The attack comes after the U.S. military announced it was withdrawing from Afghanistan. Afghan officials have said to the media, the Taliban will try to carry out attacks across the country.
According to Reuters "Multiple blastsat a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officialssaid."
The blast — and the possible targeting of female students — comes as rights groups and others have raised fears that the looming American troop withdrawal will endanger the progress that women have made in the patriarchal society in recent years. - New York Times reported.
