150 Afghan Schoolgirls Poisoned

Attack Believed To Be The Work Of Extremists Targeting Female Education

The water supply of an all-girls high school in northern Afghanistan was poisoned in what educators believe to be a heinous attack aimed at deterring female education. Approximately 150 schoolgirls were affected by the poison, many experiencing symptoms including severe vomiting and headaches. Several of the girls remain in critical condition at a local hospital in the Takhar province.

According to the education department spokesman, Jan Mohammad Nabizada, “We are 100 percent sure that the water they drunk inside their classes was poisoned. This is either the work of those who are against girls’ education or irresponsible armed individuals.”

Officials are not pointing fingers toward any particular group (out of fear of losing said fingers, of course) though with the Taliban’s history of throwing acid in the faces of girls on their way to school, it shouldn’t be too difficult to solve this mystery.

Read more at: Huffington Post

Similar attacks have occurred in the past. Watch this video from an incident in 2010: