Unknown gunnies set fire to a girls' school in Afghanistan's western Herat...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province on Monday night, damaging property but not harming any people, local officials said.
| Because in Pashtunistan that's what girls' schools are for. |
The torching took place in the border town Islam Qala of Herat, a town which is the official port of entry from the neighboring town Taybad in Iran.
No one was harmed in the incident, but Tahari said much of the school, along with office supplies and books, were burned.
No group has grabbed credit for the attack and the motives are not clear, officials said.
It comes as threats against schools seem to be increasing, with poisoning of school students a frequent occurrence in the last three months.