(15 Aug 2018) Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry says the casualty toll from the suicide bombing that struck a Shiite neighborhood in Kabul has risen to 48 dead and 67 wounded.
The ministry's spokesman, Wahid Majroh, says the figures are not final and that the toll from Wednesday's attack could rise further.
Majroh didn't say if all the victims were students and whether any of their teachers were also among the casualties.
Istiqlal Hospital Director, Doctor Sabir Naseeb, said, 22 wounded victims and 10 dead bodies were brought to the hospital from today's suicide attack in Kabul.
The bomber targeted a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha where a group of young men and women, all high school graduates, were studying for university entrance exams.
The explosion initially set off gunfire from Afghan guards in the area, leading to assumptions that there were more attackers, but all indications were that only one bomber was involved.
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