Kabul May 3 (IANS) At least 45 schoolgirls were poisoned following a suspected gas attack in Afghanistan s Takhar province on Thursday police said.
"Up to 45 students of Banan Middle School in Khwaja Bahauddin district were mysteriously poisoned in their classrooms and were taken to hospitals " a police official was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
The affected students said they smelled a strange gas when entering classrooms. Frequent gas attacks in girls schools are blamed on militants opposed to their education.
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