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Two more girls' schools set alight in Afghanistan: UN KABUL, Monday (AFP) A United Nations official said Sunday that two more girls' schools have been set alight in Afghanistan, where the ousted Taliban regime was against the education of girls. One school was in Bala Bluk district in southwestern Farah province and the other was in the mountainous district of Kishem in northeastern Badakhshan province, UN spokesman Manuel De Almeida E Silva told reporters. "Fortunately there were no casualties but the attacks by unidentified persons caused damage to school buildings and educational materials," the spokesman said. Manuel did not say who was believed to be behind the attacks, one on Tuesday and the other on February 19. More than 30 girls schools have been burnt since the Taliban were forced out of power in 2001, according to a UN report. The targeting of schools, especially girls schools, is usually blamed on remnants of the Taliban. But the normally peaceful Farah and Badakhshan provinces have seen little Taliban violence, most of which occurs in southern and southeastern Afghanistan. Girls were barred from attending school under the Islamist Taliban regime.
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