A second bomb went off as students from a neighbouring boys' school and locals gathered at the scene, Khogyani added. Witnesses told AFP the casualties were students from the boys' school. "We went with other boys to see what had happened after we heard an explosion near the girls' school," 12-year-old Elyas told AFP from his hospital bed. The twin blasts took place an hour after a bomb exploded outside Biba Hawa girls' school in nearby Behsood district, Jalalabad education department spokesman Asif Shinwari said. Both Islamist groups have long opposed female education and have forced the closure of countless girls' schools across Afghanistan.

Source: Bangkok Post September 11, 2018 07:30 UTC