According to reports, 60 Afghan girls were poisoned at their school in northern Afghanistan.
According to authorities, the girls were hospitalized and are now in ‘excellent condition’.
The poisoning, which targeted a girls’ school in the Afghan region of Sar-e Pol, came after the Taliban’s takeover of the country’s education system.
The Taliban have prevented most adolescent female students from attending school beyond the sixth grade and up to university. Women are also forbidden from public places, such as parks, and from most types of employment.
This follows on the heels of a string of poison attacks on girls’ schools in neighboring Iran.
‘Some unknown people invaded a girls’… school in Sancharak District… and poisoned the courses,’ claimed Den Mohammad Nazari, Sar-e-Pol’s police spokeswoman.
He didn’t say what chemical was utilized or who was suspected of being behind the incident.
According to Nazari, the girls were rushed to the hospital but were in ‘excellent condition.’
A police official also verified that no one had been apprehended as of yet.
Several poisoning attacks, including alleged gas attacks, on girls’ schools occurred during Afghanistan’s previous foreign-backed administration.
Since assuming power in 2021, the Taliban leadership has barred the majority of female students from entering high school and university, prompting censure from international countries and many Afghans.
