MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Local officials on Wednesday confirmed a school building was destroyed in an airstrike by Afghan security forces in Charbulak district of northern Balkh province.
Atta Mohammad Sharafyar, Charbulak district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abu Sahkoor High School was destroyed in the airstrike targeting Taliban militants in Aaq Tapa area on Tuesday.
The Taliban, using the school as a bastion, fired at a convoy of Afghan forces who called in air support that destroyed the school building, he said.
Haji Awrangzib, a tribal elder in Charbulak district, said that the conflicting sides did not care . . .
