The blasts, which occurred in rapid succession, hurt several children and more casualties were feared, according to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran and the city's Emergency Hospital
Representative image. Pic/iStock
The death toll from explosions in western Kabul has exceeded 20, the 1TV News broadcaster reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
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Earlier in the day, a local source told Sputnik that an explosion occurred at the Abdul Rahim Shahid High School in the capital's Dasht-e-Barchi district, with six people killed and dozens injured. The city's security department said later that three explosions occurred on school grounds.
Medical staff move a wounded youth on a stretcher inside a hospital after three blasts rocked a boys' school in a Shiite Hazara neighbourhood in Kabul. Pic/AFP
Before that, another explosion occurred on the territory of the Mumtaz school, also in the western part of Kabul.
No group has claimed responsibility for the explosions yet.
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