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ISIS attack on Afghan high schoolers kills 34


A suicide bomber killed at least 34 young people Wednesday in Afghanistan, many of them high school students. The group had gathered at a college prep center in Kabul to prepare for entrance exams when a man walked in and detonated his bomb belt. The strike targeted a neighborhood of mostly Shiite Muslims. Officials said the bomber may have chosen the prep center because it had young men and women studying together. Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack. Both ISIS and the Taliban have targeted Shiite Muslims in the past, calling them heretics.


Kent Covington

Kent is a reporter and news anchor for WORLD Radio. He spent nearly two decades in Christian and news/talk radio before joining WORLD in 2012. He resides in Atlanta, Ga.

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