Bombs Target Schoolchildren, Policemen in Afghanistan
A suspected militant on a motorbike threw a hand grenade at the gates of a school in north Afghanistan on Sunday, injuring 17 children, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The incident took place in Maimana, the main city of Faryab province, the ministry said, adding that the children had been taken to hospital, with two in a serious condition.
"Seventeen school students were wounded when a terrorist gunman riding a motorbike threw a hand grenade at the main gate," said the statement, which condemned the attack.
"Police have arrested the gunman who committed this action."
Also Sunday, a bomb exploded next to a police post near the parliament building in Kabul, injuring three officers, police and the interior ministry said.
The blast is the first in the capital since a major Taliban attack at a landmark hotel last Thursday in which 21 people were killed.
"It was an explosion near a police post. Three officers are injured and investigations to determine the cause of the explosion are underway," Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told Agence France Presse.
The interior ministry in a statement said the explosion was triggered by an improvised explosive device, or IED, the Taliban's weapon of choice.
It said the three wounded had been taken to hospital for treatment.
Source: Agence France Presse
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