Suicide bomber kills German in Kabul school

KABUL, Afghanistan – A teenage suicide bomber attacked a French-run high school in Kabul on Thursday, walking into a packed auditorium during a theater performance and killing a German citizen, Afghan officials said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the performance underway was immoral.

It was the first attack on a foreign target in the Afghan capital in more than a week and came after a series of insurgent bombings in the past month targeted foreigners, killing a British embassy security and three members of a South African family.

Acting interior minister, Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, said the person killed was German, while police chief Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi identified the victim as a man, without giving more details.

The attack took place inside the auditorium of the French Cultural Centre, which is on the grounds of a high school known as Lycee Estaqlal, run under contract by the French government.