Almost 100 girls were poisoned and hospitalized in Two separate attacks on their primary schools in Northern Afghanistan, a local education official Monday said.
It is believed to be first time of this type of An attack that has happened since the Taliban invaded power in August 2021 and their crackdown begins on Rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls.
Girls are prohibited from education beyond the sixth grade, including university, and women They are banned from most jobs and public spaces.
education official said the person who The poisoning hatched a personal grudge but gave no details.
attacks took place in Sar-i-Bol Province over Saturday and Sunday.
Nearly 80 female students were poisoned in Singcharak district, Mohammad Rahmani said, who He heads the district education department.
He said 60 students were poisoned in Women’s Kaboud Ab school and 17 others were poisoned in Naswan School Faizabad.
“Both primary schools are close to each other and were targeted one After the other, he told the Associated Press, “We took the students to the hospital and now they’re all fine.”
Department investigations are ongoing and initial inquiries show That’s someone with Pay a grudge a third party to carry out Rahmani said the attacks.
not given information on how The girls were poisoned nature of their injuries. Rahmani did not give But they said they were in Grades 1 to 6.
And a wave shook from neighboring Iran of Poisoning, mostly in Girls’ schools, dating back to last November.
thousands of Students said they became sick from the noxious fumes in accidents. But there was no word on who may be behind Accidents or any chemicals – if any – were used.
