A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device inside a classroom at Mawoud Educational Academy, where over 240 students were preparing for a university entrance exam. The attack took place at approximately 4:00 pm on August 15, 2018, in the Naqash section of the Hazara-majority Dasht-e-Barchi Neighborhood, PD-18, in western Kabul. At least 50 students were killed, and 67 others were injured; some of them sustained critical injuries. The majority of casualties were high school students under the age of 20 belonging to the Hazara ethnic group. The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP) asserted responsibility for the attack on Hazaras.