Dozens of Afghan Schoolgirls Poisoned and Hospitalized in Suspected Attack
TL;DR
Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, in Afghanistan's Sangcharak district were suspected to have been poisoned over the weekend and taken to hospital. Officials are unclear on the culprit, motive, and potential type of poison used. The education of girls has become a divisive issue in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of the country in 2021, where the group proceeded to strip away hard won freedoms for women and exclude them from public life. Poisoning attacks against schoolgirls have taken place in the past, blamed on extremists opposed to women's education.
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