Friday, December 26, 2008

Taleban militants in the Swat valley in north-west Pakistan have threatened to kill girls who attend school

A local Taleban commander ordered parents to stop sending their daughters to school by 15 January 2009. In comments broadcast on an illegal radio station, he threatened to blow up schools which enrolled female students. In 2008 alone, Taleban militants have destroyed more than 130 schools in the Swat valley. They want to bring in Islamic sharia law in the region. Militant attacks on schools in the region have deprived more than 17,000 students of education.

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