A gaggle of militants used kerosene to set fireplace to a ladies’ faculty in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furnishings, computer systems and books, police mentioned Wednesday, the most recent in a surge of such assaults.
Nobody was injured within the in a single day assault in North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, native police officer Rehmat Ullah mentioned. Two different ladies’ faculties within the area had been bombed earlier this month.
Nobody has claimed duty for the assaults, however authorities suspect that Islamic militants, who attacked ladies’ faculties years in the past, declare that ladies shouldn’t be educated.
North Waziristan is a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, also referred to as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. It’s a separate group however an in depth ally of the Afghan Taliban, which seized energy in neighboring Afghanistan in 2021. The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has emboldened the Pakistani Taliban.
