But on Saturday suspected Sunni terrorist groups (whether Islamic State or the Taliban or others) carried out a string of bombings targeting the country’s Shia minority.\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0details that “Militants killed at least 25 people in three explosions targeting girls outside a school in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in Kabul<\/strong>, officials said, in an attack that could exacerbate sectarian tensions ahead of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.”<\/p>\n Recent months have witnessed a number of similarly sectarian-driven attacks in the\u00a0Dasht-e Barchi area of west Kabul, which is dominated by the\u00a0Shiite Hazara community, but this latest tragedy appears to be the highest death toll, after prior bombings stretching back to October has left dozens of civilians dead, including children.<\/p>\n Early reports suggest a car bomb was used in the attack, however it remains unclear whether it was a suicide attack or an IED detonated remotely, with\u00a0no group claiming responsibility in the immediate aftermath<\/strong>. One top Taliban official issued a quick statement condemning the attack, however,\u00a0leading security officials to look at the Islamic State in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n “In the past, Islamic State\u2019s regional affiliate, which considers Shiites to have rejected Islam, usually took credit for attacks targeting Shiite civilians,” the WSJ report explains.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/kabulfile.jpg?itok=NGSk0OVb\")