One girl student was killed and six others injured by a time bomb on Monday morning in Herat University in western Afghanistan, a local police officer told Xinhua.

Ghulam Haidar Sarwary said a time bomb wrapped in a bag exploded at 9:15 am local time (0445 GMT) in a class of English Department of Herat University, killing one girl student and wounding six other girls.

Extremists have attacked primary or middle schools in Afghanistan occasionally to prevent students, especially girl students, from receiving education. However, it is the first attack toward college students in this war-torn country.

Source: Xinhua