Students killed as bomb blast hits Afghan school

At slightest 10 radical person been killed aft a weaponry blast deed a spiritual schoolhouse successful bluish Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban authorities has said.

The blast took spot successful Aybak successful the Samangan state and near galore much injured, a spokesperson for the interior ministry told the BBC.

But the decease toll remains uncertain, and infirmary officials told the AFP quality bureau that 16 died successful the blast.

No radical has claimed work for the attack.

The blast is said to person occurred arsenic radical were leaving congregational prayers, and a doc astatine the section infirmary said astir of the victims were students astatine the school.

"All of them are children and mean people," 1 doc was quoted by AFP arsenic saying.

Interior ministry spokesperson Abdul Nafee Takkur said the Taliban's information forces were investigating the attack, and vowed to "identify the perpetrators and punish them for their actions".

Afghanistan has been rocked by dozens of blasts since the Taliban seized powerfulness past year, mostly claimed by the section offshoot of the Islamic State group.