Reply #24: Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack in Afghanistan [View All]

[ohio2007]

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Girls were forbidden to attend school under the Taliban, which ruled the country from 1996 to 2001, when U.S.-led forces removed them from power.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan condemned the incident, as well as a suicide bombing that occurred near a government building hours later that killed and wounded several civilians, including women and children.


http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/afghanistan.acid.attack/