Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban terrorists torch girl's school in Kabul province
Kabul, Aug 21 (IBNS): Suspected Taliban terrorists set a girl's school in Kabul province of Afghanistan on fire on Tuesday, media reports said.
The Boi Hazar Nasiri Girls High School is located in a village in Shakar Dara district, 25 kilometers to the north of the city of Kabul, reported Tolo News.
Interior Ministry’s spokesman Nusrat Rahimi was quoted as saying by the news portal that the school was torched by the Taliban at around 1:30 am on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Education in a statement said that at least 700 girls were enrolled in the school who were not able to attend their classes on Tuesday, reported the news portal.
A local official told TOLOnews that at least 1,500 textbooks were burnt in the incident.
The Taliban, however, has rejected their involvement in the incident.
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