The Taliban's war against knowledge

Reuters:

Taliban insurgents have torched three schools in a restive southern province of Afghanistan, the latest attacks in the militants' campaign against the U.S.-backed government and its efforts to promote education.

The three newly built schools, where 1,000 boys and girls studied, were gutted on Friday night in different parts of Nawa district in Helmand province, said provincial education chief Mohammad Qasim.

"I can say that the Taliban were behind this," Qasim told Reuters on Saturday, adding that no one was hurt in the attacks.

Taliban spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.

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There is more, but I wonder if Reuters knows how funny that last sentence in the excerpt is. If they were available for comment, it would be because they were in custody. In fact the sentence shows how weak the Taliban is. If they emerge to talk to Reuters are anyone else they will be captured or killed. So that act like cock roaches making a mess for others to clean up while they sucrry back to their dark hiding places.

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