QUETTA: All private schools in Turbat and Panjgur districts of Pakistan’s Balochistan province have suspended activities following threats from an extremist group.
Sources said yesterday Islam Al Quran had sent pamphlets to private schools a few weeks ago, asking them to stop co-education with immediate effect. “The group issued threats about three weeks ago and after that some private schools were attacked by unknown people,” a source said.
He said a vehicle of a private school was intercepted by armed men in the Khudabadan area of Panjgur and they set it on fire afiter children and teachers left it.
Afghan forces kill 37 militants
Kabul: At least 37 Taliban militants were killed by units of police backed by the army during series of operations across the country over the past 24 hours, Ministry of Interior (MOL) saidin a statement released yesterday.
“The operations which launched on Thursday and have covered parts of Kunduz, Faryab, Saripul, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Wardak, Logar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Farah and Helmand provinces have left 37 rebels dead, six injured and four others detained over the past 24 hours,” the statement contended. However, the statement didn’t say if there were any casualties on the security forces. Agencies
