Friday, November 25, 2011

Pakistani Taliban Bombs Girls' School in Swabi; Seeks to Prevent Girls from Receiving Education

The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website reports today (November 25, 2011) that the Taliban bombed yet another girls' school in Pakistan.

The explosion on November 14 in Swabi -- a rural agricultural region in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province -- was a violent reminder of the extremes that the Pakistani Taliban is willing to go in order to prevent girls from receiving an education.

The bomb was so powerful that it stopped clocks at the time of the blast -- nineteen minutes past midnight -- and left classrooms in ruins.

The Pakistani Taliban has bombed hundreds of schools since launching a campaign to topple the U.S.-backed government in 2007.

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