PESHAWAR: Militants detonated explosives inside two empty girls´ schools in northwestern Pakistan overnight, destroying nine classrooms but causing no casualties, officials said.
Militants detonated explosives inside two empty girls schools in northwestern Pakistan overnight, destroying nine classrooms but causing no casualties, officials said Monday.
Girls' education has long been contentious for some regional militants, including the Pakistan Taliban, notorious for shooting then-schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai as she campaigned for schooling in 2012.