(30 Sep 2022)
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Kabul – 30 September 2022
1. Various of damaged compound of Kaaj Educational center
2. Various of broken windows
3. Damaged building
4. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Abdul Rahman Nafiz, District 13 police chief:
"Neither the police officials nor the intelligence officials were aware of any activity going on or a big exam happening in this center, so the officials from the center were very reckless. Now our mujaheddin (Taliban police) are here, and they are investigating the incident."
5. Various of Husnia Azimi's body, killed in explosion, being put into container in morgue
6. Various of Azimi's relatives mourning
7. Azimi's sister, Zainab Azimi, showing her sister's photo on her mobile phone
8. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Zainab Azimi, Husnia Azimi's sister:
"This morning she left home and went to attend the exam. I told her 'It is late, don't go', but she said: 'No, I am going'. Once she left, it was around 09:00 a.m. that we heard about the explosion, we didn't hear its sound, but once we got the news, we went to the hospital, to Ali Jinnah hospital, Watan hospital and other hospitals. But when we went to the Emergency Hospital we got a call from Ali Jinnah hospital that my sister's dead body was found. Then we came back there and saw her dead body."
9. Various of Zainab Azimi and her family mourning
STORYLINE:
A suicide bomber struck an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding 27, including teenagers who were taking university practice entry exams, a Taliban spokesman said.
The morning explosion at the center took place in Kabul's Dashti Barchi neighborhood, an area populated mostly by ethnic Hazaras, who belong to Afghanistan’s minority Shiite community.
The Islamic State group has carried out repeated, horrific attacks on schools, hospitals and mosques in Dashti Barchi and other Shiite areas in recent years.
Around 300 recent high school graduates, boys and girls, had come to the Kaaj Higher Educational Center at 6:30 a.m. to take practice exams, said one survivor.
The facility helps students prepare and study for the entrance exams, among other activities.
About an hour into the session, the blast went off.
Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman of the Kabul police who gave the casualty toll, said students were among the victims of the blast, but he did not specify how many.
He said education centers in the area will need to ask the Taliban for additional security when they host events with big gatherings like Friday's exam prep.
Police have arrested a suspect who may have links to the attack, Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said later.
He was unable to provide any updates on the casualties.
The Emergency NGO Hospital in Kabul said in a tweet it had received 22 patients so far, adding that most of them were women aged 18-25 who were taking an exam.
Husnia Azimi was one of those killed in the suicide bombing.
She left home Friday morning to attend the exam, even though her sister Zainab told her it was late and not to go.
“Once she left, it was around 09:00 a.m. that we heard about the explosion," said Zainab.
"We didn’t hear its sound, but once we got the news, we went to all the hospitals, Ali Jinnah hospital, Watan hospital, and other hospitals. But when we went to the Emergency Hospital, we got a call from Ali Jinnah hospital that my sister’s dead body was found. Then we went back there and saw her body.”
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
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