Afghanistan: triple explosion in a school of a Shiite district of Kabul

Attacks, essentially claimed by the Islamic State Organization in Khorassan, the Regional Branch of the Islamic State Group, still occur regularly in the country.

Le Monde with AFP

Three explosions struck on Tuesday, April 19, a boys school of a largely populated Kabul district by members of the Shiite Hazara minority, announced the Afghan police.

These explosions have occurred at Abdul Rahim Shahid School in the Dasht-E-Barchchi district, in the western capital, and “caused victims among our Shiite brothers,” said Twitter. Kabul Police Word, Khalid Zadran, without giving more details.

Deflagrations occurred when students came out of class, in the middle of the morning, according to a witness, who required anonymity.

Several attacks claimed by the EIS these. Last months

Security in the country has greatly improved since the Taliban power outlet in August and the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan after twenty years of a war of wear against their military presence. Attacks, mainly claimed by the Islamic State in Khorassan (EI-K), the Regional Branch of the Islamic State Group, however, still occur regularly in the country.

Dasht-e-Barchchi has many members of the Hazara minority, marginalized for centuries and regularly persecuted in this country largely Sunni. This district has been struck in recent years and in recent months by several attacks claimed by the EIS-K, which considers Hazara as heretics.

The Taliban ensures to have defeated the EI-K, but analysts believe that the extremist group is still the main security challenge for the new Afghan power.

/Media reports.