Rise in attacks on Afghan schools ("losing another generation")

[rainbow4321]

Heck of a job the US has done in turning this country around..freedom just making leaps and bounds since our invasion. :sarcasm:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5169308.stm

A rise in attacks by the Taleban and other armed groups on Afghan teachers, students and schools is causing schools to shut down, Human Rights Watch says.

In a report, it says advances since the Taleban defeat in 2001 are being threatened, with another generation of children being deprived of education. It says girls' schools have been hit particularly badly.

"We are literally losing another generation - another generation is losing its chance to get an education and this has severe implications for Afghanistan's chances to emerge from the despair and poverty that has characterised the last 25 years."

The report says insecurity, resistance within some parts of society to girls' education and a lack of resources means that despite advances in recent years, the majority of girls in Afghanistan remain out of school.

[applegrove]

1. Great. Thanks US for the "ring and run".