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Gunmen set alight high school in Takhar

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TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen torched a high school in northern Takhar province early Thursday morning, an official said.

Police spokesman Maj. Khalil Aseer told Pajhwok Afghan News unknown gunmen set on fire the Abu Usman Taloqani High School in the provincial capital at around 3:00am.

“The second floor of the school, documents and important textbooks were burnt,” he said of the predawn incident in Taloqan.

Rohullah Mohaqiq, director of public health, confirmed the incident, saying about 3,000 children were enrolled in the school . . .

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