A suicide attack at a learning center in Afghan capital Kabul killed 19 people when the students were preparing for exams on Friday morning, reports AFP.
The explosion occured in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area home to the minority Hazara community, where some of the Afghanistan's most deadly attacks took place recently.
"Students were preparing for an exam when a suicide bomber struck at the educational centre, where 19 people have been martyred and 27 others wounded," police spokesman Khalid Zadran said.
Videos posted online and photos published by local media showed bloodied victims being carried away from the scene.
"Security teams have reached the site, the nature of the attack and the details of the casualties will be released later," the interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor earlier tweeted.
"Attacking civilian targets proves the terrorists’ inhuman cruelty and absence of moral standards."
The Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan last year brought an end to the two-decade war and a significant reduction in violence, but security has begun to deteriorate in recent months under the hardcore Islamists.
Education is a flashpoint issue in Afghanistan as the Taliban blocked many girls from returning to secondary education, while the Islamic State also stand against the education of women and girls.
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