At least 23 dead after suicide bomb blast at educational center in Kabul. According to eyewitnesses, students were busy in a test when the blast happened. Taliban officials say an investigation is underway. #Afghanistan #Students #TRT #CNN

"Kabul, Afghanistan CNN — A suicide bomb attack on an education center in Kabul has killed at least 23 people, most of whom are believed to be young women, in the latest sign of the deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital. 

The explosion took place on Friday at the Kaaj education center, in a predominantly Hazara neighborhood – an ethnic minority group that has long faced oppression. 

Students were taking a practice university entrance exam at 7:30 a.m., local time (11 p.m. ET) when the blast first took place, Kabul Police Spokesman Khalid Zadran told CNN. 

Abdu Ghayas Momand, a doctor from Ali Jinah Hospital, where some of the victims have been taken, said 23 people had been killed and 36 more injured. 

There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack." 

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