Nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalized in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education official said Sunday. It is thought to be the first time ...

Dozens of schoolgirls are suspected to have been deliberately poisoned ... more than 80 schoolgirls were taken ill in three separate incidents in northern Afghanistan. A free daily email with ...

Neighboring Iran has seen around 100 similar poison attacks targeting schoolgirls, but this is the first time one has been reported in Afghanistan.

Neighboring Iran has seen around 100 similar poison attacks targeting schoolgirls ... But even if that happens, Afghanistan’s education system has been poisoned beyond recognition.

She was taken to a hospital in Herat by her mother and treated for poisoning last month ... than female suicides - but in Afghanistan it is estimated that 80% of suicide attempts are made by ...

“I have headaches and persistent pains in my joints and sometimes it’s difficult to breathe – maybe I am poisoned!” he says, laughing. He is not alone. Afghanistan has one of the world’s ...

Al-Jazeera said schoolgirls in Kandahar can be recognized by their uniform of black pants, white shirt, black coat and head scarf. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan condemned the incident ...

Afghanistan's education system has had ... Female education has been attacked, with claims schoolgirls were poisoned last month in Ghazni Throughout their two-year commitment, fellows receive ...

The European Union has called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to investigate the poisoning of primary schoolgirls in northern Sar-e-Pul province after at least 77 students were ...

Too often, lying and politics go hand in hand. But lying to cover up responsibility for the deaths of 13 brave Americans in Afghanistan is reprehensible and dishonors their memory. Kamala Harris ...