Morning session in the largest hall of Kaaj education center in #Kabul where students, mostly girls +boys; gathered for university entry exam practice. This report details how mostly #Hazara minority shia Muslim Afghans were targeted; at least 23 dead:cnn.com/2022/09/30/asi… /1
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for Taliban interim govt, condemns the attack. Human Rights Watch has noted that #Hazara Afghans in #Kabul have been repeatedly attacked by #ISKP and that Taliban Govt security and medical assistance had been inadequate. /2

#US mission in #Kabul "strongly condemns" the attack targeting univeristy students. /3

UN special rapportuer on the situation of human rights in #Afghanistan shares a picture of the hall before the attack, saying the room was "crammed with eager students waiting to take their practice exams, full of hope for a brighter future." /4

CNN: At least 23 dead after suicide bomb blast at Kaaj education center in a predominantly #Hazara part of #Kabul. Many of the injured taken to nearby Jinnah Hospital, #Afghanistan's second largest medical facility. /5

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The #US Amb to #Pakistan Donald Blome's visit to Azad Jammu #Kashmir #AJK immediately caught attention in neighboring #India. This Indian newspaper interpreted the visit as part of larger signs of improving Washington-Islamabad relations. /2

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