Khost school bombed

Published October 27, 2003

KHOST, Oct 26: Suspected Taliban guerillas bombed a school in the southeastern Afghan province of Khost, the second such attack in less than a week in the area, officials said on Sunday.

Two classrooms of the school were completely razed by the explosion on Saturday night, Kheyal Baaz Khan, a military commander of Khost, told Reuters.

No one was injured in the explosion, which took place at night. About 1,300 boys and girls attend the school but classes came to a halt on Sunday as security officials searched the compound of the single-storey building for more explosive devices. Teachers said that they would resume lessons only after getting an assurance that the compound was safe.—Reuters

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