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Taliban blow up another school in Pakistan
Militants blew up another school in the troubled Pakistan's Swat valley on Thursday, sparking fresh concerns over the briskly security situation in Pakistan's northwestern region. The Taliban militants continued their attacks on schools on Thursday and destroyed another school in Qambar area of the Swat valley of North West Frontier Province, private Geo TV channel quoted sources as saying. Officials said that Taliban have destroyed over 150 schools, mostly girls' schools, in Swat valley in several months. Pakistan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution, condemning Taliban's burning of schools and ban on girls' education. The resolution, moved by Information Minister Sherry Rehman, said Taliban's activity is against Islam and such trend is against the country's stability. Sherry Rehman said on Sunday that the girls' schools will be reopened on March 1 after winter break, but the Swat Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said that schools will be allowed to open after Shariah system is introduced in Swat. Posted by: ryuge 2009-01-22 |
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