Kabul: The death toll in last week’s suicide bombing at an education center in the Afghan capital has risen to at least 43. The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan gave this information on Monday.
A suicide bomber blew himself up next to women in a gender-segregated study room Kabul The neighborhood on Friday, home to the historically oppressed Shia Muslim Hazara community.
The UN mission said in a tweet: “43 killed. 83 injured. Girls and young women were the main victims.”
The bomber exploded while hundreds of students appeared for practice exams ahead of the entrance exam for admission to the university.
No group has claimed responsibility so far, but jihadists Islamic State The group (IS), which views Shias as heretics, has carried out several deadly attacks targeting girls, schools and mosques in the region.
Taliban Officials have so far said that 25 people were killed and 33 others were injured in the attack.
The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan last year ended a two-decade war against the Western-backed government, and led to a significant reduction in violence, but security has begun to deteriorate in recent months.
Accused of failing to protect minorities, Islamic fundamentalists have often tried to downplay attacks challenging their rule.
Friday’s attack triggered sporadic protests led by women in Kabul and some other cities.
About 50 women chanted,”stop hazara Genocide, being a Shia is not a crime”, as he marched on Saturday in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood where the attack took place.
The rallies have been dispersed by Taliban forces who often open fire in the air and beat up protesters.
of Afghanistan Hazara The majority Sunni Muslim country has faced regular attacks.
They have faced decades of persecution, targeted by the Taliban during the insurgency of the former US-backed government and by IS – both of whom Shia considers heretics.
In May last year, before the Taliban returned to power, three bombings near their school in Dasht-e-Barchi killed at least 85 people, mainly girls, and injured nearly 300.
Again, no group claimed responsibility, but a year earlier IS claimed a suicide attack on an educational center in the same area that killed 24 people.
A suicide bomber blew himself up next to women in a gender-segregated study room Kabul The neighborhood on Friday, home to the historically oppressed Shia Muslim Hazara community.
The UN mission said in a tweet: “43 killed. 83 injured. Girls and young women were the main victims.”
The bomber exploded while hundreds of students appeared for practice exams ahead of the entrance exam for admission to the university.
No group has claimed responsibility so far, but jihadists Islamic State The group (IS), which views Shias as heretics, has carried out several deadly attacks targeting girls, schools and mosques in the region.
Taliban Officials have so far said that 25 people were killed and 33 others were injured in the attack.
The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan last year ended a two-decade war against the Western-backed government, and led to a significant reduction in violence, but security has begun to deteriorate in recent months.
Accused of failing to protect minorities, Islamic fundamentalists have often tried to downplay attacks challenging their rule.
Friday’s attack triggered sporadic protests led by women in Kabul and some other cities.
About 50 women chanted,”stop hazara Genocide, being a Shia is not a crime”, as he marched on Saturday in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood where the attack took place.
The rallies have been dispersed by Taliban forces who often open fire in the air and beat up protesters.
of Afghanistan Hazara The majority Sunni Muslim country has faced regular attacks.
They have faced decades of persecution, targeted by the Taliban during the insurgency of the former US-backed government and by IS – both of whom Shia considers heretics.
In May last year, before the Taliban returned to power, three bombings near their school in Dasht-e-Barchi killed at least 85 people, mainly girls, and injured nearly 300.
Again, no group claimed responsibility, but a year earlier IS claimed a suicide attack on an educational center in the same area that killed 24 people.