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Afgani Schoolgirls Attacked With Acid

by Barbara McPherson | November 13, 2008 at 09:08 am

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Afgani schoolgirls were attacked by unknown men as the girls walked to school yesterday. The men threw acid in the girls faces. Three girls were seriously burned and may lose their eyesight. Those girls wearing full burkas were not attacked.

Today the school rooms are vacant. Normally, up to 1500 girls attend, learning to read and write, something denied them in the previous regime.

Roughly 1,500 students and teachers stayed home from a Kandahar City school Thursday, a day after attackers threw acid at a group of girls as they walked to class, said the principal.

Mahmood Qaderi, the principal of the Mirwais Minna girls' school, said the attack has left everyone afraid.

Three Afghan girls were seriously burned Wednesday after two men on a motorcycle threw acid on them as they walked to the high school. The girls were walking with five other students.

The Afghan government condemned the attack and blamed the "country's enemies," a reference normally used to describe Taliban militants. Girls were banned from schools under the Taliban's hardline Islamist regime, which ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.

There is another article on this incident, posted previous to mine. I keyed in different search words before posting so failed to find it. It's called

Kandahar School Girls Disfigured By Acid Attack

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Terri Potratz

at 09:25 on November 13th, 2008

So awful..

Rachel Nixon

at 09:53 on November 13th, 2008

Thanks for the post Barbara. It's a shocking story. I noticed that Blue Crush posted something similar yesterday.

Marc M (not verified)

at 12:05 on November 13th, 2008

Is this what passes for manhood in Islam?

politisite

at 15:55 on November 13th, 2008

This is one incident. Lets not globally condemn an entire religion over one incident. I do not take credit when some idiot blows up an abortion clinic in the name of Christianity.