At least 25 killed, 52 wounded in blast near Kabul girls' school

At least 25 people have been killed and 52 others wounded in an explosion near a high school for girls in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The Ministry of Interior said the blast happened close to the Sayeed-ul-Shuhada School in the Dasht-e-Barchi area on Saturday afternoon.Officials have not revealed the cause of the explosion, or if there was a target. There has been no claim of responsibility yet.According to Afghanistan's Tolo News, the incident happened when students were leaving the school.

Afghanistan has seen a spate of car bombings over the last few months, despite peace talks being underway between negotiation teams of the insurgent Taliban and the government in the Qatari capital of Doha. Violence in the country, at war for two decades, remains unacceptably high, foreign governments and institutions say, calling for an immediate ceasefire between the Afghan government and Taliban.

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