Death toll from Afghan school explosions soars to 50

The death toll has risen to 50, while over 100 others were wounded in three successive explosions outside a girls' high school in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the Afghan police confirmed on Sunday, reported Xinhua.

"The nature of one of the blasts was a car bomb explosion. Two other blasts were caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) placed at the same location," Kabul police spokesman Ferdaus Faramarz told reporters via a text message.

The incident occurred in front of Sayyed-ul-Shuhada High School in Etifaq Township, Police District 13, roughly at 4:30 p.m. local time on Saturday.

The attack occurred when students were leaving the building. Most of the victims were school girls while many passers-by were also affected.