Article 5HMFA Afghans bury their dead after dozens of girls killed in school blasts

Afghans bury their dead after dozens of girls killed in school blasts

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Akhtar Mohammad Makoii in Herat and Agence France-
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Taliban deny responsibility after secondary school targeted in bloody attack in Kabul

Dozens of girls were buried on Sunday at a desolate hilltop cemetery in Kabul, a day after a secondary school was targeted in the bloodiest attack in Afghanistan in over a year.

A series of blasts outside the school during a peak holiday shopping period killed more than 50 people, mostly female students, and wounded more than 100 in Dasht-e-Barchi, a suburb of west Kabul populated mostly by Hazara Shias.

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