There is a good chance I will be the only person in the United States Media reporting this story which I found in the BBC news. Two Afghan girls were shot and killed last week while walking home from school; they were only 10 and 13 years old.
After being in school for the day, a group of young girls (10 - 15) were walking down a dirt track heading home. Not knowing what was ahead, they were ambushed by insurgents who came out of the farms and began firing upon them. Some ran into a farm, but two girls were killed and three of their friends were wounded.
I will say this again just so we can all process this in our minds, a group of girls aged around 10 - 13, were attacked with guns by Taleban insurgents, for going to school… Apparently this is a big problem in Afghanistan (the attack was in the Logar province) because in the past 13 months 226 schools which are mostly run in tents have been burnt down by insurgents. Over 100 teachers and students of been killed over this time.
This is the first ever attack reported on school children in Afghanistan. The country has made many improvements over the last few years, and this is the way the Taleban feel they need to make a statement. You can read the whole article here. The picture below is of Afghan children learning.
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