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

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 02, 2022 12:08 am

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.

Afghan women hold placards and chant slogans during a ‘Stop Hazara genocide’ protest in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, a day after a suicide bombing at a learning center in the city's Dasht-e-Barchi area killed dozens of people, many of them women. AFP PHOTO

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