'Poison attack' on Afghan girls

Kabul : Afghanistan | May 23, 2012 at 4:30 AM PDT

Source: BBC

XX XX

Views: Pending

Poison attack' on Afghan schoolgirls in Takhar Many schools in Afghanistan have come under attack More than 70 girls in a school in north-east Afghanistan have fallen ill following a suspected poison attack. About 40 girls have been treated and discharged but 40 others, including three female teachers,... FULL ARTICLE AT BBC

1 of 1

Afghan schoolgirls walk past a shop in Kabul

Credibility
Reach

More News From: Kabul : Afghanistan

News Stories

Afghan militants kidnap two charity workers and their guides

The independent

Two foreign medical workers and their three Afghan translators have been abducted in a remote part of north-east Afghanistan. The women and their interpreters were travelling on horseback between the districts of Yaftal and Ragh in Badakhshan...
More Afghan Schoolgirls Poisoned, Taliban Blamed

Muncie Free Press

While President Obama recently talked of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban are continuing their campaign of terror. In another brazen attack on school-children, insurgents have been blamed for poisoning 122 schoolgirls and three female...
Taliban 'Poison' 120 Schoolgirls in Afghanistan [VIDEO]

International Business Times

Articles Police have stated today that an unidentified toxic powder was used to contaminate the air at the School in Taliqan, Takhar Province. Afghan Police and education officials have accused conservative radicals opposed to the education of girls...
Afghan Schoolgirls Taken Ill After Poison Attack

Epoch Times

May 23, 2012 Afghan schoolgirls walk in the old part of Kabul on May 12, 2011. (Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images) More than 120 girls and three teachers at a school in northeast Afghanistan have been poisoned in an attack allegedly linked to the Taliban.
More than 120 schoolgirls poisoned in Afghanistan

Russia Today

The incident in the northern Takhar province is the second in several months. The attack appeared aimed at shutting down schools educating girls and women, which radicals deem inappropriate. Perpetrators used an unidentified toxic powder to...