An explosion outside a school south of the Afghan capital has killed at least 25 people, including 12 students.
![Afghan men ìnspect the site of an explosion in Mohammad Agha district of Lohar province, about 30 kms south of the capital Kabul. A truck rigged with explosives blew up near Kabul on Thursday killing 25 people including many students in one of the deadliest blasts in Afghanistan this year, police said.[Shah Marai/CCTV/AFP]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090710/001ec94a1ee40bc119d52c.jpg "Afghan men ìnspect the site of an explosion in Mohammad Agha district of Lohar province, about 30 kms south of the capital Kabul. A truck rigged with explosives blew up near Kabul on Thursday killing 25 people including many students in one of the deadliest blasts in Afghanistan this year, police said.[Shah Marai/CCTV/AFP]") |
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Afghan men ìnspect the site of an explosion in Mohammad Agha district of Lohar province, about 30 kms south of the capital Kabul. A truck rigged with explosives blew up near Kabul on Thursday killing 25 people including many students in one of the deadliest blasts in Afghanistan this year, police said.[Shah Marai/CCTV/AFP]
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The blast occurred in Logar province south of Kabul. Officials said it was caused by explosives hidden beneath a pile of firewood in the back of a truck which had crashed overnight.
This fact prompted speculation the material was meant for elsewhere. Local police said the explosives were possibly being taken by Taliban insurgents to Kabul for a planned attack.
It was the latest incident in the escalating violence across Afghanistan since U.S. Marines launched a new offensive a week ago in the Taliban bastion of Helmand.
(CCTV July 10, 2009)
