Afghan girls brave Taliban threats

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/06/20106510171162225.html


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The Taliban has waged a violent campaign against girls who go to schools in their Afghan strongholds.

A series of attacks against schools and female students have driven many girls to go underground to receive an education.

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The Afghan government, however, has blamed the suspected attacks on fighters opposed to female education.

Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid visited one secret school for girls in Kandahar and sent this report.
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hugs and kisses for the brave girls and hugs and kisses for their worried mothers

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. "hugs and kisses for the brave girls and hugs and kisses for their worried mothers"

and to the teachers, financiers and parents. IIRC correctly many of these schools are financed by the US and NATO.

A silver lining I suppose.

Horrible picture of a girl disfigured by acid for going to school.

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2. yes, I should have included the teachers

teachers the world over are the bravest of the brave

along with librarians

[Generic Other]

3. This makes me feel so powerless

And so angry.

[Prometheus Bound]

4. Strange headline when the Taliban has denied involvement & condemned the targeting of schoolgirls

So these are individuals acting on their own, yet the Taliban is blamed in the headline.

But the Taliban has denied any involvement in the recent spate of suspected attacks,and has condemned the targeting of school girls.