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TweetWell, at least the Taliban are equal opportunity terrorists, blowing a boys school up this time, as opposed to another girls’ school, as they usually do.
Pakistan: Militants blow up boys’ school and homes in northwest
Khar, 28 Jan. (AKI) -Taliban militants have blown up a boys’ school and the homes of six pro-government tribal elders in Pakistan’s troubled northwest Bajaur tribal region, a local official said on Wednesday, quoted by media.
The incidents took place late on Tuesday in the restive tribal region of Bajaur, where government troops have been battling militants in a major operation launched last August.
None of the six tribal elders were at home during the attacks and there were no reports of casualties. The elders were all members of a ‘lashkar’ or local force that was set up in the Mamoun area of Bajaur to counter the Taliban, the official said.
Over the past year, the Taliban has ordered most of the private schools to close in North West Frontier Province’s Swat district and has destroyed nearly 150 schools as part of their campaign to ban education for girls.
Although 400 private girls’ schools complied with a Taliban edict to close by mid-January, Taliban militants continued their campaign of violence and blew up another five schools in Mingora, the largest town in Swat.
The closure of the private schools will deprive more than 40,000 students of their basic right to education. In addition, 84,248 girls students in state-run schools are unlikely to attend class because of fear of attacks by militants.
Hundreds of female teachers, most of them lone breadwinners face economic hardship as a result of the ban.
Over 350 privately-owned schools in Swat have separate sections for boys and girls, according to data available from a local association of schools
What bravery from the part of these jihadis, attacking children’s institutions! Bunch of friggen cowards, I guess they are fully aware that if they face off against men with the means to fight back, they end up eating lead.
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