Kabul, May 8 (TIWN) At least 25 people were killed after an explosion near a school in the western part of Kabul, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

As many as 52 injured were taken to different hospitals following the blast, according to the Interior Ministry’s spokesman Tariq Arian.  Arian said that casualty figures of the incident – all of whom were civilians – were likely to rise, DPA reported.  He confirmed that an explosion occurred at 4:27 pm (local time) near a school in Dasht-e-Barchi, a Shia-Hazara-populated area of the Afghan capital.  Arian said the area has been cordoned off by police, without giving further details.