Pakistan: Taliban set to ban girls from schools...

The future of around 40,000 girls in Swat is at stake following a Taliban ban on education for female students. 

Shah Duran, the deputy of Swat-based Taliban cleric Fazlullah, has warned the administrations of government and private educational institutions to not enrol girls in schools. 

The Taliban on Wednesday issued a deadline for January 15 for the ban to be implemented, following which they said they would bomb the buildings of schools allowing girls to study. 

The Taliban have blown up more than 100 girls’ schools in Swat in the past 14 months. More...

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