Kabul classroom bombing deaths rise to 35; women protest 'genocide'

KABUL: The death toll in a suicide bombing inside a classroom in Afghanistan's capital has risen to 35, the United Nations said on Saturday, as Shiite Hazara women who bore the brunt of the attack staged a defiant protest against the "genocide" of their minority community.

On Friday, a suicide attacker blew himself up in a study hall in Kabul as hundreds of pupils were taking tests in preparation for university entrance exams in the city's Dasht-e-Barchi area.