Afghan special forces are preparing to stand alone in the fight against the Taliban. It’s become bloody.
At least 85 schoolchildren died after a bomb attack in May outside the Syed Al-Shahda school in Kabul, Afghanistan. Most of the victims were girls between the ages of 11 and 15. The wave of violence in the country is getting worse, and now more attacks are being directed at the police in the country. Photo: AP / NTB
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Rector Seyed Abad was sitting at his desk when it happened. First he heard the bang. Then parts of the roof fell down. He fought his way out of the building, covered in splinters of wood and dust. Meanwhile, the ground shook with two new swells.
When you live in the Afghan capital Kabul, you know that explosions and gunfire can change your life at any time. But nothing could prepare the principal for the sight that met him in the schoolyard, he tells Aftenposten over a video conversation:
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