German Citizen Killed In Kabul School Bombing

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —
Afghan security force personnel look at a damaged civilian vehicle, being lifted to be removed from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
Afghan security force personnel look at a damaged civilian vehicle, being lifted to be removed from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

A teenage suicide bomber attacked a French-run high school in Kabul on Thursday, walking into a packed auditorium during a performance and killing a German citizen, Afghan officials said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the performance underway was immoral. Ironically, the subject of the musical play was the aftermath of a bombing.

It was the first attack on a foreign target in the Afghan capital in more than a week and came after a series of insurgent bombings in the past month targeted foreigners, killing a British embassy security and three members of a South African family.

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