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Afghanistan: 116 school students, teachers poisoned

India Blooms News Service | | Aug 31, 2015, at 09:56 pm

#Afghanistan # Afghanistan student poisoned # Students poisoned

Kabul, Aug 31 (IBNS): At least 116 people, which include students and teachers , were poisoned in Afghanistan's western Herat province, media reports said on Monday.

Injil district’s administrative Mohammad chief Naqib told Pajhwok Afghan News a number of students, teachers and workers of Habib-Al-Mustafa Girls’ School had been poisoned.

“More than a hundred people, all females, were poisoned,” he told the news agency.

While several victims have been discharged, others are undergoing treatment in hospital.

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