<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The death toll from a suicide bombing of a classroom in Kabul has risen to at least 35, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan told AFP on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Friday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a study hall in the Afghan capital’s western district of Dasht-e-Barchi as hundreds of pupils were taking tests in preparation for university entrance exams.</div><div><br></div><div>The neighbourhood is a predominantly Shiite Muslim enclave and home to the minority Hazara community – a historically oppressed group that has been targeted in some of Afghanistan’s most brutal attacks in recent years.</div><div><br></div><div>“The latest casualty figures from the attack number at least 35 fatalities, with an additional 82 wounded,” the mission said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Kabul police have so far said that 20 people were killed and 27 others wounded.</div><div><br></div><div>No group has claimed responsibility for the attack at the Kaaj Higher Educational Centre. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>