A secondary school in southern Helmand province had mines planted around it before being set alight in the Grishk district on Wednesday night, officials said Thursday.
None of Abdulfataha Busti's 4000 school students were harmed as they had all left for the day, but buildings and equipment were damaged, district governor Ghairat Waziri said, who believes it was done by local anti-government forces.
"Last late night the Taliban came and torched the school," Waziri told TOLOnews.
Security officials said that after the insurgents had planted mines before setting fire to the school so when security forces came to area the mines exploded.
Two security officers have been wounded, officials said.
No group including the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the incident.