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Kaaj education centre bombing

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On 30 September 2022, a suicide bomber attacked students sitting a practice exam at the Kaaj education centre in Dasht-e Barchi, Kabul. The UN counted at least 43 killed, mostly girls and young women.

On 30 September 2022, a bomber attacked the Kaaj education centre in the mainly Hazara area of Dasht-e Barchi in Kabul, where students were taking a practice university exam.1

The UN mission's count rose from 35 to at least 43 killed and 83 wounded, with girls and young women the main victims. Authorities gave lower figures.12 Hazara women protested in the following days, using the word genocide.3

Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia, September 2022 Kabul school bombing. ↩ ↩2

  2. Malay Mail, UN: Afghanistan classroom bombing death toll jumps to 43, October 2022. ↩

  3. South China Morning Post, United Nations raises Kabul classroom bombing death toll to 35 as women protest against 'genocide', 2022. ↩