Following the attack, dozens of women have demonstrated to demand for increased protection for the ethnic Hazara population.
According to a Kabul police spokeswoman, a suicide bombing at an educational facility in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul has left more than 40 people dead and about 82 others injured.
Many residents of the western region where the explosion took place are Hazara, an ethnic minority that has previously been attacked by extremist groups like Islamic State.
The blast occurred on Friday, September 30, at the Kaaj education centre, which is located in a neighbourhood with a high concentration of Hazara people, an ethnic minority community that has long been subjected to oppression.
At 7:30 am local time (11 pm ET), students were taking a practise exam for a university entrance exam. In Kabul's Dashti Barchi neighbourhood, a suicide bomber disguising himself as a student entered the Kaaj Higher Educational Center.
Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, denounced the incident in a tweet that read, "Deeply heartbroken by the loss of young lives in a horrible suicide attack at a learning centre in Kabul. This blatant cruelty is beyond words. We send the grieving families and Afghan people our sincere condolences and sorrow.
The horrific act of brutality on Afghan students was also denounced by the United States. US Charge d'Affaires Karen Decker condemned the heinous assault on the Kabul education centre.
"The attack on the Kaaj Higher Educational Center today is strongly condemned by the United States."
"It is disgusting to attack a classroom full of students who are taking examinations; all students should be free to do so in safety and without fear", as t weeted by Karen Decker.
The United Nations Security Council has harshly condemned the bombing as well. The victims who passed away and their loved ones received condolences from the UNSC members.
In its statement, the UNSC reaffirmed everyone in Afghanistan's right to an education and emphasised the importance of maintaining regional peace and security. It also voiced concern about how such attacks would affect Afghan education.
Richard Bennett, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, sharply criticized the bombing.
The bombing is the most recent in a string of violent incidents that have been ongoing since the Taliban took over last August following the US-led exit. Since that time, girls are not allowed to attend secondary schools.
Twenty-four people, including teenagers, were killed in an attack at a school in western Kabul in 2020 that was claimed by the Islamic State.
In May 2021 also, a second unprovoked attack near a school in Dasht-e-Barchi resulted in at least 85 deaths.
After 20 years of war, the Taliban, who came to power in August 2021 as international troops began to leave, made promises to deliver stability to the nation. However, a recent wave of violence has cast doubt on those claims.
Later, according to the news agency, protesters gathered in front of the hospital and yelled slogans as dozens of Taliban soldiers stood watch, some of whom were holding rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
Since the Taliban came to power, women's protests have become riskier since countless demonstrators have been imprisoned or dispersed by Taliban soldiers firing rounds into the air.
Comments