From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Mon Feb 27 2006 - 10:04:35 EST
GIRLS SCHOOL BLOWN UP IN SOUTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN
A secondary school under construction was blown up in Nader Shah Kot District, Khost Province, Pajhwak Afghan News reported on 26 February. Khost police chief General Mohammad Ayyub told the news agency that four guards at the school have been detained for questioning. In Laghman Province, north of Khost, where another girls school was burned down, local elders decided to form a volunteer guard unit to protect the schools. According to a citizens' agreement, local youths are to be assigned as night guards in schools. AT
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