Kabul suicide blast kills 19 in classroom attack, casualties mostly girls

The blast ripped through Kaaj Higher Educational Center, which coaches mainly adult men and women ahead of university entrance tests.

"Students were preparing for an exam when a suicide bomber struck at this educational centre. Unfortunately, 19 people have been martyred and 27 others wounded," Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. Videos posted online and photos published by local media showed bloodied victims being carried away from the scene.

"We didn't find her here," a distressed woman looking for her sister at one of the hospitals told AFP."She was 19 years old."Taliban members forced families of victims to leave the site of at least one hospital, fearing a follow-up attack on the crowd.The roof of the hall where students had gathered for a test had completely collapsed, while its doors and windows were blown out, an AFP correspondent reported.

Last year, before the Taliban returned to power, at least 85 people -- mainly girl students -- were killed and about 300 wounded when three bombs exploded near their school in the area.

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