Islamabad, Dec 22, IRNA Pakistan-NWFP
The small town of Darra Adam Khel, long known for its flourishing trade in manufactured arms, is becoming increasingly known for attacks on girls schools, resulting in many female pupils being prevented from pursuing their education. **
According to the Daily Times, “We want her to be educated. It is important these days, but we are too scared to send her,”** says Azzat Khan, as his daughter, Faria, aged nine, helps her mother knead dough for rotis.
Faria has not been to school for the last two weeks.
Teachers, too, share the same fears.
Surriya Bibi, 50, who until recently had taught at a private school in the area, confirms, “We are too scared to go back to our schools, even though we worry about the students who will suffer because there are no classes to go to.”
Over the past two months, at least two schools in the area have been bombed: the Government Girls’ High School at Akharwal and the under-construction Girls’ Degree College at Sheraki.
According to a spokesman at the Peshawar office of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP): **There have also been notices affixed on the gates of schools, asking people to stay away. **
The situation is very bad.
Parents, pupils, teachers, school heads and bus drivers bringing children to school have also been threatened and warned to stay away.
In addition, militant extremists have also telephoned local school authorities to demand that female students wear the burqa.
Analysts describe the developments which have also included attacks on music and video shops, threats to barbers not to shave men and warnings to female health workers and teachers to leave specific areas of the NWFP as part of a growing Talibanisation across the province, which, they believe has been spurred on by the resurgent Taliban militancy in neighbouring Afghanistan.
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Re: Girls' schools under threat in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Yeah... Taliban are a plague on mankind. The sonner these people are put out of their misery the better.
Re: Girls’ schools under threat in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Not all the taliban are bad. There are actually very good ones out there aswell Masha’ALLAH… 
Re: Girls' schools under threat in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Whoever it is Taliban etc etc...I don't want to see Girls forced to be out of schools, their schools being bombed ,Women forced to wear burqas and not allowed to work freely & men forced to keep beards...
Re: Girls' schools under threat in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
We find too many supporters of these ugly people even here in Karachi! They say they are establishing Rasool's (PBH) system over here!
Re: Girls' schools under threat in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Yes! They are very good! And our crescentwarrior will lead him!
Re: Girls' schools under threat in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
There is nothing wrong in establishing Rasool(PBuH)'s system anywhere, but no body should ban girls from schools/education, no one should force women to wear burqas & men to keep beards...This is "Jahaalat(Illiterate Bigots)" and nothing else..
Re: Girls’ schools under threat in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Another bomb exploded yesterday in a girls school…This thing should stop…
KOHAT: Darra Adamkhel bomb blast caused some minor damages to a school building here, however, no loss of life took place.
Political sources told that the bomb was planted near the Malik Ghazijan Girls Middle School’s boundary wall at Noor Ali Kalay area, **which when went off broke the windowpanes of the building.
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Kohat Assistant Political agent and other officials on information reached the scene of incident and a vigorous investigation into the matter has started.