Schoolgirls lie in a hospital with symptoms of gas poisoning inCharikar, Afghanistan May 2009. April 25, 2010
Afghan Girls Become Sick In Suspected Gas Poisonings -- Radio Free Europe
Afghan authorities are investigating whether some 80 Afghan schoolgirls who have fallen ill during the past week were intentionally poisoned.
In the latest case, 13 girls fell ill today at a school in the provincial capital of Kunduz.
Humayun Khamoosh, head of Central Hospital in the Kunduz Province, said the girls were complaining of symptoms like headaches, vomiting, and shivering. After the initial treatment, he said all were in stable condition.
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More News On This Poison Gas Attack
80 Afghan schoolgirls sick in week; poison feared -- AP
Taliban suspected of sickening female Afghan students -- CNN
Authorities in Afghanistan fear schoolgirls targeted in gas attack after more than 80 fall ill -- New York Daily News
Afghan Schoolgirls Fall Ill In Suspected Gas Attack -- New York Times/Reuters
'Mass illness' hits Afghan schoolgirls in Kunduz -- BBC
My Comment: Stories like this peel away the illusion that the Taliban and their extremist allies are a group that can be negotiated with and accommodated.
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