The Latest: IS claims deadly Kabul attack on Shiite students

5 p.m. local time –

"The deliberate targeting of civilians and the targeting of places of education is a war crime"

~ Samira Hamadi,

Amnesty’s South Asia campaigner.

2:40 p.m. –

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the horrific suicide bombing the previous day that targeted a Shiite area of the Afghan capital, killing 34 students.

10:45 a.m. –

The attack comes as the city’s Shiites prepare to hold funeral prayers, for those killed, in a deadly bombing the previous day.

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