...the Pashtun equivalent of men...have halted the activities of all domestic and foreign organizations involved in the education sector in this province.
If the schools were not open, the students would not have been poisoned.
According to local sources cited by Hasht-e Subh, Mohammad Yaoob Abdul Rahman, the Taliban governor for Sar-e Pul province, suspended the operations of all educational centers run by domestic and foreign organizations in the province on Wednesday, June 7.Sources indicate that he took this decision following the poisoning of female students in the Sancharak district of Sar-e Pul.
There are also speculations that the Taliban governor may have halted the activities of domestic and foreign organizations involved in the education sector in Sar-e Pul due to alleged connections with the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
and other countries.
Although local Taliban authorities have not commented on this matter to the media so far, based on the information from Hasht-e Subh, the Deputy Political Director of the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
residing in Balkh province met with local Taliban officials in Sar-e Pul yesterday.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, the little lost dog had finished eating the rat terrier...
two days ago, at least 77 female students from two girls’ primary schools in the Sancharak district of Sar-e Pol were poisoned.
This incident has sparked domestic and international reactions.