SevenSeasJim Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Afghan killed for teaching girls[color:red]Friday, December 16, 2005 Posted: 1349 GMT (2149 HKT) [color:red]Date highlighted for MarcOKABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -- Suspected Taliban guerrillas dragged a teacher from a classroom of teenagers in southern Afghanistan and killed him at the school gate after he ignored their orders to stop teaching girls, police said on Friday.The attack was carried out by two armed men who arrived at the secondary school in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province by motorcycle on Thursday, Helmand police chief Abdul Rahman Sabir told Reuters."They dragged the teacher from the classroom and shot him at the school gate," he said."He had received many warning letters from the Taliban to stop teaching, but he continued to to do so happily and honestly -- he liked to teach boys and girls," Sabir said.He identified the teacher by the single name, Laghmani.The fundamentalist Taliban banned education of girls during their rule before being overthrown by U.S.-led forces in 2001.The guerrillas have carried out a series of attacks in the provinces on schools teaching girls since them, often burning them down at night.Copyright 2005 Reuters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 And was he teaching evolution at the time from one of those textbooks without the disclaimer stickers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 wow. I thought the stuff in Afghanistan stopped because the news stopped reporting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Must have been a cooking school. I can't see any other reason for the girls to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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