A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan. taliban world afghanistan kprc2 click2houston
1 / 5A wounded boy receives treatment at a hospital after a deadly bomb blast at a religious school in Aybak, the capital of the Samangan province in northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The blast Wednesday at a madrassa killed at least 10 students and wounded a number of students, a Taliban official said. – A bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 10 students, a Taliban official said.
Video distributed by the Taliban to the media showed the blast site, a hall littered with debris, mats and shoes, with dead bodies and bloodstains on the floor. Sirens can be heard in the background and men, some of them armed, move through the hall surveying the explosion's aftermath. A document from a local authority said that 16 people were killed and 22 wounded. The document, which was shared with The Associated Press, also said three trucks and 12 personnel from the fire department helped security forces with the wounded and to clean up the area. The official who shared the document did not want to give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
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