(AP) A bomb blast
hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at
least 10 students, a Taliban official said. The
explosion went off at around the time of afternoon prayers at the Al
Jihad Madrassa in Aybak, capital of Samangan province, a resident of the
city who heard the explosion told The Associated Press. Most of the
students at the school are young boys, said the resident, speaking on
condition of anonymity for his own safety. Interior
Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said a number of students were
wounded in the attack. Samangan province has a majority population of
ethnic Uzbeks. (...)
