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| Militants torch school in Afghanistan |
| 2011-05-22 |
| [Iran Press TV] Militants have destroyed yet another state-run school in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, ...on the main road from Lovely Peshawar. The capital is Jalalabad. The population of 1,334,000 consists mostly of Pashtuns with a few Arabs and Pashais... local officials have said. Unknown gunnies torched the school building in Chaparhar district, south of the picturesque provincial capital, Jalalabad, in the early hours of Saturday, local officials told Press TV. Two Afghan security personnel guarding the school were maimed in the incident after taking a beating from the assailants. According to the report, the school's rather modern building was severely damaged in the incident. No one has been incarcerated in connection with the attack so far. Reflecting their Saudi-based Wahhabi beliefs, suspected Taliban-linked hard boyz have been trying to ban education, especially for girls, in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistain. During the last several years alone, the hard boyz have shut down, blown up or torched hundreds of schools across the region. Due to the ongoing violence, the numbers of girls and boys enrolled in schools in the region have dramatically dropped. |
| Posted by:Fred |