Rocket Attack on School in Afghanistan Kills 3
KABUL (AP) – A rocket attack on a school in eastern Afghanistan has claimed lives of at least three people and injured four others, officials say.
The casualties were caused after the rocket struck the school in the Baraki district of Logar Province on Sunday morning.
A statement by Afghan’s Ministry of Education confirmed that at least two students and a teacher were killed in the deadly attack.
Sources say the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital to receive the necessary treatment.
Afghan security forces cordoned off the area, and have launched a hunt for the attackers.
No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
The incident comes as Taliban militants have attacked several schools in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan over the past years.
On December 16, 2014, an attack on an army-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar claimed the lives of about 150 people.
Taliban militants have stepped up their attacks against Afghan troops, foreign forces and some civilian targets since they declared their so-called spring offensives in late April.
Bloodshed and violence have been increasing across the troubled region following the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
Several Afghan provinces continue to face insecurity more than 13 years after the United States and its NATO allies invaded the country.
About 14,000 foreign troops, mainly Americans, have remained in the war-ravaged country despite the end of the US-led combat mission, which came December last year.
A statement by Afghan’s Ministry of Education confirmed that at least two students and a teacher were killed in the deadly attack.
Sources say the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital to receive the necessary treatment.
Afghan security forces cordoned off the area, and have launched a hunt for the attackers.
No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
The incident comes as Taliban militants have attacked several schools in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan over the past years.
On December 16, 2014, an attack on an army-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar claimed the lives of about 150 people.
Taliban militants have stepped up their attacks against Afghan troops, foreign forces and some civilian targets since they declared their so-called spring offensives in late April.
Bloodshed and violence have been increasing across the troubled region following the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
Several Afghan provinces continue to face insecurity more than 13 years after the United States and its NATO allies invaded the country.
About 14,000 foreign troops, mainly Americans, have remained in the war-ravaged country despite the end of the US-led combat mission, which came December last year.