According to an official from the health ministry, the death toll of a suicide bombing of a private school in Kabul has risen to 48.
Most of the victims were students, with an average age of 18, preparing for college entrance exams in a classroom at Mawoud Academy in an area of western Kabul where many members of the Hazara community mainly live. city Shiite.
According to what was found by the investigators who intervened on the spot, the bomber would have entered the center from a rear entrance and would have made his way into a classroom where more than 100 students had gathered.
There has been no claim yet but the Taliban have denied that they are responsible for the attack.
The Hazaras have often been targeted by the Sunni militant group of the Islamic State. The blast is just the latest in a wave of attacks that have hit and killed hundreds of civilians, soldiers and police in recent days.