[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Unidentified miscreants have sprayed acid on faces of three schoolgirls in western Herat...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province.
General Abdul Majid Rozi the police commander of Herat province said that the incident took place near a high school in Herat city this morning.
He said that the attackers were riding on a cycle of violence and escaped the scene after spraying acid on the faces of these schoolgirls.
Rozi added that an investigation has been inetiated into the incident.
Aziz Rahman the acting director of the directorate of education in Herat province says that the girls were heading towards their school when they came under the attack of faceless myrmidons.
The victims have been taken to Herat Regional Hospital for treatment.