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November 25, 2008

10 Taliban Arrested for Spraying Acid at Girls Walking to School
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Afghan police have arrested ten members of the Taliban for spraying acid
at fifteen girls and teachers as they walked to school. Several girls
suffered burns to the face and were hospitalized. One teenager couldn’t
open her eyes days after the attack. The attacks were carried out by
hard-line members of the Taliban who believe women should not attend
school. One of the victims, sixteen-year-old Susan, has been left
scarred on her face and hands. She was part of a group attacked in front
of the school.

Susan: “It was 8:00 in the morning, I was going to school with my
mother. Two men pulled up their motorbike towards us and threw acid on
my face and my mother’s face.”

Members of the Taliban have attacked and destroyed hundreds of schools
across Afghanistan since 2001.



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