Students were among the casualties. The attack came at the end of a particularly violent week in the country, and amid growing concerns about the looming American troop withdrawal.
An explosion killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens of others in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday, local officials said, and many of the victims were students at a girls school. Details of the attack in front of Sayed Ul-Shuhada high school were murky. It is unclear if there were multiple explosions, if it was a coordinated attack, or involved a car bomb or a suicide vest. But ambulances raced across the city toward the site into the evening. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the number of wounded and dead is likely to increase.
