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90 Hospitalized in Poison Attack at Afghan Girls’ School

HeadlineMay 14, 2009

In other news from Afghanistan, around ninety Afghan school girls were hospitalized this week following a poison attack at their school in Kapisa province. It was the third attack on an all-girls’ school in Afghanistan in as many weeks. Afghan police have blamed the Taliban, but the group has denied responsibility.

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