The Liberators Strike Again
Rocket Kills 6 Children at Afghan School
Police blamed Taliban militants for the blast at the Salabagh School in Asadabad, alleging it was part of their campaign against government-sponsored education.
But the school is close to a U.S.-led coalition base that has frequently come under attack.
"Shrapnel from the rocket slashed through the children who were studying in the yard because there aren't enough school buildings," said Mohammed Hasan, a police commander in the city in volatile eastern Kunar province, near the Pakistani border. "Six were killed."
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Hundreds of boys ages 6 to 16 were in the school at the time of the attack, he said.
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Police blamed Taliban militants for the blast at the Salabagh School in Asadabad, alleging it was part of their campaign against government-sponsored education.
But the school is close to a U.S.-led coalition base that has frequently come under attack.
"Shrapnel from the rocket slashed through the children who were studying in the yard because there aren't enough school buildings," said Mohammed Hasan, a police commander in the city in volatile eastern Kunar province, near the Pakistani border. "Six were killed."
[...]
Hundreds of boys ages 6 to 16 were in the school at the time of the attack, he said.
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