The five-room government school was destroyed when two bombs planted by Taliban militants exploded.—File photo
PESHAWAR The Taliban blew up a girls school on Monday in northwest Pakistan, where troops are battling the militants, police said.
The five-room government primary girls school in the town of Shabqadar was destroyed when two bombs planted by Taliban militants exploded, senior police official Mohammad Riaz Khan told AFP.
A nearby house was also damaged but there were no casualties, Khan said.
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