Most of the casualties are students from the Sayed ul Shuhada school. FMTNews
Afghan men try to identify the dead bodies at a hospital after the bomb explosion in Kabul today.
Footage on TV channel ToloNews showed chaotic scenes outside the school, with books and school bags strewn across a bloodstained road, and residents rushing to help victims. Kabul is on high alert since Washington announced plans last month to pull out all US troops by Sept 11, with Afghan officials saying the Taliban have stepped up attacks across the country.
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