{
  "id": 1750780,
  "title": "UN says Monday education centre explosion in Kabul injured at least 42 children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/un-says-monday-education-centre-explosion-in-kabul-injured-at-least",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T16:18:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435403/un-says-monday-education-centre-explosion-in-kabul-injured-at-least-42-children"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Monday evening, an explosion at an education centre in Kabul's Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood injured at least 42 children, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. The United Nations called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. The Taliban-run Kabul police department did not provide a response to a request for comment. A hospital that admitted at least 35 of the injured students reported that all patients were between the ages of 10 and 14, with some requiring surgical care for shrapnel injuries. The explosion's location in the densely populated, predominantly Hazara neighbourhood led to accusations of a targeted attack. The UN's Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, condemned the incident as a \"heinous attack.\" The European Union also condemned the attack, stating that \"deliberate attacks on children & education centers are unacceptable.\" Dasht-e-Barchi has been the target of numerous attacks in recent years, many of which have resulted in civilian casualties, including a school attack in May 2021 that killed at least 85 people, mostly girls and women, and a suicide attack in September 2022 at a tutoring centre during a university entrance exam that killed at least 19 people, many of them young women and teenage girls.",
  "summary": "KABUL: An explosion at an education centre in Kabul injured at least 42 children on Monday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday, calling for an “investigation to establish the circumstances of this incident.” The blast occurred on Monday evening in Dasht-e-Barchi, a Kabul neighbourhood that is predominantly home to Afghanistan’s Hazara and minority communities.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}