Afghan bombing: Kabul education centre attack kills at least 24

At least 24 people were killed and dozens wounded in Saturday’s suicide bomb attack outside an education centre in Kabul, Afghan officials now say.

The explosion at the private facility, which offers courses for students in higher education, occurred late in the afternoon, the interior ministry said.

The building in the predominantly Shia Muslim Dasht-e-Barchi area usually hosts hundreds of students.

The Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attack.

It did not provide any evidence to back up its claim issued via its usual social media outlets.

One of its members detonated an explosives vest among a gathering of Shias, it said, while using a disparaging term for the religious community.

The Shia community in Afghanistan has previously been targeted by Sunni Muslim extremists such as IS, which views the Shia practice of Islam as heretical.

Earlier, the Taliban denied involvement in the attack.