Armed Men Set Afghan Girls' School on Fire

[maddezmom]

By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer
12 minutes ago



PADKHWAI RAGHANI, Afghanistan - Armed men broke into a girls' school south of the Afghan capital and set it on fire, the latest attack on education for girls in the conservative country, officials said Thursday.

The children burst into tears when they saw their school destroyed, principal Zaher Din said.

"The children are desperate for their classes to resume," he said.

The assailants tied up two school guards Tuesday night, beat them and then doused the small building and two classroom tents with gasoline, said Khan Mohammed, police chief in Logar province.

Three men from the local village, 35 miles south of the capital, Kabul, were being questioned, he said.

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[gratuitous]

1. Has Pickles been notified?

And why didn't she stop this?

[formerrepuke]

2. Absolutely vile.. and Pickles should say something publicly..hopefully

something more helpful than "we need to send them fireproof burkas."

[bowens43]

3. Most Americans don't realize that the Taliban is regaining

power in Afghanistan. Most Americans don't realize that outside of Kabul, there is little difference between pre-war and post-war Afghanistan.

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. Hey, it's just an example of the local populace excercising their

new democratic rights in free Afghanistan.

Another victory in the forgotten war.

[seriousstan]

6. But Pelosi said the war in Afghanistan is over.

On Tuesday, Mrs. Pelosi and three other top Democrats called for a commission to investigate reported abuses of detainees from the war on terror. Mrs. Pelosi said it is past time that the administration established a policy on determining the fates of the detainees at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arguing that most are from Afghanistan and that the conflict there has ended.
"I assume that the war in Afghanistan is over, or is the contention that you have that it continues?" she said to a reporter.
A few moments later, she said: "This isn't about the duration of the war. The war in Afghanistan is over."

[Media_Lies_Daily]

7. The "Forgotten War", even at the highest levels. I bet the troops....

...serving in Afghanistan know that the war's not over .

[Career Prole]

5. ANOTHER one!?

I thought both bushes said they were all lined out in Afghanistan now...sorta like Iowa now only with different clothes.