Afghanistan: 1500 schoolgirls stay home after acid attack...

Some 1,500 Afghan girls stayed home from school on Thursday, one day after a vicious acid attack on eight of their fellow students. 

The principal of Mirwais Minna Girl's School in Kandahar said none of the 1,500 girls enrolled at the school showed up Thursday because of fear. 

On Wednesday, two men on a motorcycle hurled acid at the eight girls in a shocking attack that made headlines around the world. 

Three of the eight girls were hospitalized with serious burns and others have been treated and released. U.S. military spokesmen said at least two of the girls still in hospital were blinded. More...

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