The incident took place on Thursday evening in Dasht-e-Archi district, the ministry said in a statement, and the explosives were placed inside a madrassa.
All the victims were students of the madrassa, according to the Ministry of Interior Affairs.
This comes amid US efforts to strike a peace deal with the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban.... On Thursday, US Secretary of Defense Esper announced that the US and Taliban had agreed on a reduction of violence for seven days preceding the signing of a peace deal.