Afghanistan: Hundreds of schoolgirls in Takhar poisoned
Reuters news agency quoted police and education officials in Afghanistan as saying on May 23 that more than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers had been poisoned in the second such attack in as many months believed to have been carried out by conservative extremists in the north of the country.
Reuters news agency quoted police and education officials in Afghanistan as saying on May 23 that more than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers had been poisoned in the second such attack in as many months believed to have been carried out by conservative extremists in the north of the country.
The poisoning took place in Takhar province, where police said extremists opposed to education for women and girls sprayed classrooms with an unidentified toxic powder, leaving dozens of students unconscious.
Illustration photo. (Source: BBC)
According to Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS), the Taliban appear to intend to close schools before foreign combat troops withdraw in 2014.
Afghanistan's Ministry of Education said last week that 550 schools in 11 provinces where the Taliban enjoys strong support had been closed by the insurgents.
Last month, 150 female students in Takhar province were also poisoned after drinking contaminated water./.
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