Afghan school bomb blast claims lives of students

CredentTv: After a bomb went off at a religious school in northern Afghanistan, at least 17 people were murdered and 26 more were injured.

In the Samangan province’s capital of Aybak, the explosion apparently happened as people were leaving prayers.

According to a source in Samangan, the bulk of those deceased are thought to be young people between the ages of nine and fifteen.

The incident has not yet been assigned a perpetrator, and the fatality toll may rise.

The majority of the victims, according to a doctor at the neighbourhood hospital, were students.

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According to one doctor, “these are all youngsters and regular people,” according to AFP.

He continued by saying that some people with serious wounds were taken to larger facilities in Mazar-i-Sharif, which was around 120 km (74 miles) distant, for better care.

The Taliban’s security forces are looking into the attack, according to Abdul Nafee Takkur, spokesman for the interior ministry, who also promised to “find the offenders and punish them for their deeds.”

In a tweet, Hamid Karzai, the former leader of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, called the explosion a “crime against humanity” and offered his condolences to the victims’ families.

Aybak is a mediaeval city that gained notoriety as a centre for Buddhism and a commerce hub in the fourth and fifth centuries. It is located about 200 kilometres (130 miles) north of Kabul.

Since the Taliban took over last year, Afghanistan has experienced dozens of explosions, most of which have been blamed on the regional Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State – Khorasan Province.

The group, which is the most radical among Afghanistan’s armed organisations, has targeted religious minorities, including Hazaras, whom the Taliban have vowed to defend. But according to a recent report by Human Rights Watch, “Taliban authorities have done nothing to safeguard these towns from suicide bombs and other unauthorised attacks.”

In September, a suicide bomber exploded a bomb in the nation’s capital of Kabul, killing at least 54 people, including 51 girls and young women. A hall where hundreds of students were taking an exam for university admission was the focus of the attacker.

Although ISIS-K did not claim responsibility for the incident, Taliban commanders eventually did.