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| Militants target Pakistan schools, clinic |
| 2009-10-31 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] In the latest spike of violence, militants blow up two educational institutes, two houses and a health clinic in Hangu district in the restive northwest Pakistan. The militants planted explosives alongside a 12-room state-run high school for boys in Shahukhel village, a Press TV correspondent reported late Friday, citing local sources from Islamabad. Chief of Hangu district administration, Gul Wali Khan, said that up to 80 kilograms (176 pounds) of explosives were used in the blast, also destroyed another school, two houses and a basic health clinic in Shao Khel area. No loss of life was reported as no one was present at the time of the blast. Violence in the restive northwest has left 300 people dead this month. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that pro-Taliban militants in their subversive activities have burned 473 schools, mostly for girls, in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) over the past few years. Malik said in a statement on Friday that Taliban militants destroyed 409 educational institutions in Swat valley and 64 in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Nearly 200 schools were destroyed in the Swat valley alone during a two-year violent campaign by Tehrik-e-Taliban's Swat chief Maulana Fazlullah to enforce the Sharia law. |
| Posted by:Fred |