Saturday, January 17, 2009

Taliban sets Pakistani school on fire'



Taliban militants have destroyed a public school building and damaged two other houses in restive Swat valley in northwest Pakistan. Police officials said unknown militants exploded a state boy's high school in Mingora city in Swat valley on Saturday. The blast also damaged two houses situated close to the school building, police sources added. Taliban militants had earlier warned the state-run and private educational institutions not to enroll girls in schools, setting January 15 as the deadline for the ban in Swat valley. Hundreds of schools in Pakistani northwestern region have shut the doors to girls to comply with the Taliban edict banning girls' education.

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