{"id":1213922,"date":"2022-09-30T10:14:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/30\/scores-of-teens-waiting-to-write-exams-among-19-killed-in-kabul-suicide-bomb-blast\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:14:33","slug":"scores-of-teens-waiting-to-write-exams-among-19-killed-in-kabul-suicide-bomb-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/30\/scores-of-teens-waiting-to-write-exams-among-19-killed-in-kabul-suicide-bomb-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Scores of teens waiting to write exams among 19 killed in Kabul suicide bomb blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/a318c7e1-7475-501d-81de-a5df72823ed7&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x424&amp;resize=3500x1967\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The blast took place at the Kaaj education centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi area in the west of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly every Friday, explosions have targeted places of worship and other institutions in Afghanistan, carried out by the radical Islamic State group despite the Taliban takeover of the country a year ago, The Washington Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesman Khalid Zadran said 19 were killed and 27 wounded, but the toll is likely to climb. <\/p>\n<p>The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (Unicef) yesterday condemned the blast in the western Kabul area of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Unicef said this \u201cheinous act\u201d claimed the lives of dozens of adolescent girls and boys and severely injured many more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnicef is appalled by the horrific attack, early this morning, inside the Kaaj Educational Center in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of West #Kabul, #Afghanistan,\u201d Unicef said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch places must be havens of peace where children can learn, be with friends, and feel safe as they build skills for their futures. Children and adolescents are not, and must never be, the target of violence,\u201d Unicef said in another tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UNICEF is appalled by the horrific attack, early this morning, inside the Kaaj Educational Center in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of West <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kabul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kabul<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>This heinous act claimed the lives of dozens of adolescent girls and boys and severely injured many more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xWj7L7p95o\">pic.twitter.com\/xWj7L7p95o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNICEF Afghanistan (@UNICEFAfg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNICEFAfg\/status\/1575737276927070209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to authorities, the target was an education centre in the Dasht-i-Barchi neighbourhood, which is predominantly populated by ethnic Hazaras, a mostly Shiite Muslim group, citing a Washington Post report.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses told the BBC that most of the victims were girls. A student who was wounded told AFP that there were around 600 people in the room when the attack happened, international media outlets reported on yesterday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Fuerte explosi\u00f3n en centro de estudios en Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>Im\u00e1genes sensibles.<br \/>Informaci\u00f3n en desarrollo.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8RG5jzIjz\">pic.twitter.com\/a8RG5jzIjz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janosik Garc\u00eda (@Janosikgarciaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Janosikgarciaz\/status\/1575705201277038592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/world\/scores-of-teens-waiting-to-write-exams-among-19-killed-in-kabul-suicide-bomb-blast-5cfd9e0a-9e9d-444a-81af-4b00ab4fc0fd\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blast took place at the Kaaj education centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi area in the west of the city. Nearly every Friday, explosions have targeted places of worship and other institutions in Afghanistan, carried out by the radical Islamic State group despite the Taliban takeover of the country a year ago, The Washington Post reported. 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