Police in Kabul say a suicide attack at a tuition centre in the Afghan capital has killed at least 19 people and injured many others.

The blast took place at the Kaaj Education Centre in the Dasht-e-barchi area in the west of the city, while students had been sitting a practice university exam.

Footage on local TV and shared on social media appeared to show scenes from a nearby hospital, where rows of covered bodies were laid out on the floor.

Other media reportedly from the site of the private college showed rubble and upturned tables in the damaged classrooms.

The Kaaj tuition centre is a private college which teaches both male and female students.

On friday the Taliban’s Interior Ministry spokesman, Abdul Nafy Takor said security teams were at the site and condemned the attack.