Girls admitted to the hospital…
Almost 80 girls were hospitalized after being poisoned at schools, an education official in Afghanistan said.
According to reports, On the weekend, (Saturday and Sunday) the incidents happened in the province of Sar-e-Pul in the north.
Mohammad Rahmani, the director of the provincial department of education, said the poisoning had occurred in the Sangcharak district among females in classes 1 through 6.
60 children at Naswan-e-Kabod Aab School and 17 more at Naswan-e-Faizabad School had been poisoned, Fox News reported.
"Both primary schools are nearby and were targeted one after the other," he said, adding, "We immediately shifted the students to the hospital and now all the students are fine."
The department's investigation is underway and initial inquiries show that a person with a grudge paid a third party to carry out these attacks, Rahmani said, without sharing any further details.
He gave no details on how the girls were poisoned or the nature of their injuries, according to Fox News.
This is the first time that this kind of assault has happened since the Taliban took power in August 2021 and began their crackdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls.
Girls are not allowed to study beyond the sixth standard, including university.
They are not allowed at most jobs and public spaces.
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