{"id":19962,"date":"2026-08-20T06:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/20\/unicef-calls-for-probe-into-kabul-school-blast-in-dasht-e-barchi\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T06:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:32:19","slug":"unicef-calls-for-probe-into-kabul-school-blast-in-dasht-e-barchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/20\/unicef-calls-for-probe-into-kabul-school-blast-in-dasht-e-barchi\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Calls for Probe Into School Blast in Kabul&#8217;s Dasht-e-Barchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) has called for a thorough and comprehensive investigation into the explosion at a school in Kabul&#8217;s Dasht-e-Barchi area, which injured at least 42 children, and stressed the inviolability of educational facilities under international law.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the UN agency said the safety, dignity and rights of all children must be protected in all circumstances. UNICEF described the incident as alarming and said it once again highlighted the need for sustained protection of children and the essential services they require.<\/p>\n<p>According to UNICEF, schools must be safe environments, free from fear, violence and harm, so that children can learn and grow there. The agency added that attacks on educational settings threaten children&#8217;s right to education and security.<\/p>\n<p>The blast took place on Monday, 26 Asad, in a school in western Kabul, and according to reports, those injured were children aged between 9 and 14. Dasht-e-Barchi is one of the most densely populated areas in western Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Special Rapporteur on human rights also expressed sympathy for the victims and called for a clear investigation and the protection of civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF calls for a full investigation into a school blast in Kabul&#8217;s Dasht-e-Barchi that injured at least 42 children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}