Gas Attack on School girls in Afghanistan

Posted on 05/13/2009 by Juan

A suspected gas attack on a girl’s school sent 84 girls to hospital in Kapisa Province north of Kabul. There are suspicions that this was another piece of Taliban sabotage. Their ideology forbids the education of girls, even though universal education is an Islamic principle.

Aljazeera English has video:

The same channel is also covering the fighting in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, a Taliban suicide bombing outside a US base near Khost city killed 6 persons.

Meanwile, on the Pakistan side, The Pakistan government will get a say in the deployment of drone aircraft as bombers on its territory.

The Pakistani military continued its offensive against the Taliban in Swat valley, with aerial bombardment.

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