KABUL, Afghanistan — Nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalized in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education official said Sunday. It is thought to be the first time this kind of assault has happened since the Taliban swept to power in August 2021 and began their crackdown on…
Official: Almost 80 Schoolgirls Poisoned, Hospitalized in Northern Afghanistan
Gunmen Take 317 Schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Latest Mass Abduction
KANO, Nigeria—Unidentified gunmen seized 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria on Friday, police said, the second such kidnapping in little over a week in a region increasingly targeted by militants. School kidnappings, first practiced by jihadist groups Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, have become endemic around the increasingly lawless north, to the anguish…
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