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Afghanistan girls poisoned Taliban in classrooms

May 24th, 2012 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

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PUBLISHED:

10:41 EST, 23 May 2012

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UPDATED:

19:15 EST, 23 May 2012

At least 125 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed on conservative radicals in the country’s north, Afghan police and education officials said on Wednesday.

The attack occurred in Takhar province where police said that radicals opposed to education of women and girls had used an unidentified toxic powder to contaminate the air in classrooms.

Scores of students were left unconscious.

Poisoned: One of the girls receives treatment at a hospital after her school was targeted by the Taliban

Poisoned: One of the girls receives treatment at a hospital after her school was targeted by the Taliban

Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), says the Taliban appear intent on closing schools ahead of a 2014 withdrawal by foreign combat troops.

‘A part of their Al Farooq spring offensive operation is … to close schools.

‘By poisoning girls they want to create fear. They try to make families not send their children to school,’ NDS spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education said last week that 550 schools in 11 provinces where the Taliban have strong support had been closed down by insurgents.

Last month, 150 schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar province after they drank contaminated water.

Since 2001 when the Taliban were toppled from power by U.S.-backed Afghan forces, females have returned to schools, especially in the capital Kabul. They were previously banned from work and education.

But there are still periodic attacks against students, teachers and school buildings, usually in the more conservative south and east of the country, from where the Taliban insurgency draws most of its support.

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We must fight this sort of ignorance all over the world until it is eradicated. Education for all is a right.

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Obama is willing to leave the fate of these young girls to the Taliban in order to help him win an election. Shame on him!

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Unfortunately when Nato forces leave, it will only be a matter of time before this country reverts back to its previous way of life and the poor people will be back to square one, instead of enjoying a peaceful life will be back to the dark ages. Really, really sad.

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These vile creatures (Taliban) deserve no mercy. If we aren’t committed to destroying them, we should not shed another drop of blood in our mis-guided efforts to “contain” or “pacify” them. As we did in Vietnam, we are sacrificing our troops for nothing.

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EVIL, EVIL, EVIL.

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Can the medic treating this poor girl see anything ? Unspeakable.

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I am ashamed that one of the first acts of our new President is his intention to abandon Afghanistan before the date previously agreed by President Sarkozy and other allies; this will certainly gain him popularity but is not in line with his so-called defence and promotion of women. For who will be the biggest losers when international support for the Afghan people is withdrawn? Certainly, the feminine half of the population will in the end be forced to revert to their previous state of misery, privation of education and esclavage if in recent years some of them have succeeded in escaping but these horriible attacks are sufficient proof of what will happen in the future.

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What total evil the Taliban are.

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Wke up Cameron we are not winning this war.
Get our troops out now and stop wasting millions on a lost cause.

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