150 Schoolgirls Poisoned In Afghanistan

Sickened women receive treatment Tuesday in a courtyard in northeast Afghanistan; IV bags are hung from tree branches. CNN

150 Schoolgirls Poisoned In Afghanistan For Seeking An Education -- National Post

KUNDUZ — About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country’s north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female education.

Since the 2001 toppling of the Taliban, which banned education for women and girls, females have returned to schools, especially in Kabul.

But periodic attacks still occur against girls, teachers and their school buildings, usually in the more conservative south and east of the country, from where the Taliban insurgency draws most support.

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