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Suspected toxic gas: 100 Nimroz schoolgirls fall ill

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ZARANJ (Pajhwok): At least 100 girl students of a school fell unconscious on Thursday when they entered classrooms and breathed in toxic gas in southwestern Nimroz province, the first incident of the kind in the province, officials said.

Abdul Hadi Bidar, deputy education director, told Pajhwok Afghan News the girl students of the Malalai Middle School in Zarang city, the provincial capital, fell ill when they entered classrooms and breathed in a toxic fume.

He said the girls were taken to the Zarang civil hospital by security . . .

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