Nearly 90 Afghan Schoolgirls Have Been Poisoned In Another Attack On Their Education
Most of the girls caught in the attack were between six to 12 years old.
89 Afghan schoolgirls and their teachers have been hospitalized after being poisoned in two deliberate attacks at two girls’ schools, officials said.
The attack occurred in elementary schools in the northern province of Sar-e-Pul, poisoning 60 students in the Naswan-e-Kabod Aab school and 17 students in the Naswan-e-Faizabad school, according to education officials.
Officials said both primary schools are near each other and were targeted one after the other.
Most of the girls caught in the attack were between six to 12 years old.
Authorities have opened an investigation and suspect the attack was motivated by a personal grudge.
Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, girls have been banned from attending middle school high school and university.
This is believed to be the first case of a girl school poisoning in Afghanistan, but girls in Iran were found in March to have been poisoned to allegedly to prevent them from going to school.
