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Taliban near the site of the attack
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At least six people were killed in multiple bombings at a boys' school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday.
The explosions were triggered by improvised explosive devices, the police said.
Eleven people were injured.
Police spokesman Chalid Sadran said the numbers are preliminary.
A spokesman for the Islamist-led Afghan Interior Ministry said there had been at least two explosions at a school in western Kabul.
He did not provide any information about the dead or injured.
A security official said the detonations came from a hand grenade.
Local Taliban authorities cordoned off the area and confiscated some journalists' cameras.
Students came from morning classes
The explosions happened as students were coming out of morning classes at the school, a witness told AFP.
Images of the dead lying at the school gate were circulated on online networks.
A district in which the majority of members of the Shia Hasara minority live was affected.
A third explosion also occurred at an English language center in the same area, Sadran said.
He previously wrote on Twitter that all three explosions happened at the boys' school.
Hasara is a frequent target of IS attacks
The Hasara are repeatedly targeted by the local offshoot of the jihadist militia "Islamic State" (IS).
Attacks on public targets have largely diminished since the Taliban took power in August last year, but IS remains active across the country.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Bombings near a school in May 2021 killed at least 85 civilians, mostly schoolgirls, and injured dozens more.
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