Afghanistan: Men throw acid into girls' faces 'for going to school'
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)
Attackers on a motorbike threw acid in the faces of three teenage girls on their way to school in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Saturday, an official told CNN.
The girls, age 16 to 18, are students at one of the biggest girls' schools in Herat city, the provincial capital, said Aziz-ul-Rahman Sarwary, head of the education department for the province.
All three girls were admitted to Noor hospital in Herat city before their parents took them elsewhere, said hospital head Jamal Abdul Naser Akhundzada.
Two of the girls were in critical condition after the acid was thrown in their faces, he said.
Akhundzada quoted the girls as saying that their assailants were two men on a motorbike.
"This is the punishment for going to school," the men told the girls after pouring the acid on them, according to Akhundzada.
Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial police chief, said police were working very hard to find the attackers.
Related News
- “I Will Be Executed Before Fulfilling My Dreams”
- The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, requests judicial authorisation to commence an investigation into the Situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Report of Stoning Case in Somalia: A Mother of 8 Stoned to Death in the District of Saakow
- Senate body in Pakistan rejects amendment to child marriage act as ‘un-Islamic’
- FGM raises its ugly head in Sri Lanka with Kerala Support
Related Actions
- WLUML Letter to the Canadian Govt.: Support of Afghan Women's Demands
- Women Living Under Muslim Laws condemns the cowardly attack on Fawzia Koofi
- Joint Statement | To the Human Rights Council: Let’s Protect Women in Sudan
- LAWYERS-HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS : SAVE NORA
- STATEMENT--Denounce, Protect, Act: Our Collective Duties against Rape and Sexual Assault in Senegal
Relevant Resources
- The Relationship between Feminism and State Policies for the Elimination of Violence against Women: The National Strategy for the Elimination of Violence against Women as an Example
- Recommendations for action against gender-related killing of women and girls
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Remembering