The number of attacks on schools in Afghanistan nearly tripled last year, UNICEF said Tuesday, cutting children’s access to education amid worsening security in the war-torn nation.<\/p>\n
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The number of attacks on schools in Afghanistan nearly tripled last year, UNICEF said Tuesday, cutting children’s access to education amid worsening security in the war-torn nation.<\/p>\n
Attacks on Afghan schools increased from 68 in 2017 to 192 in 2018, the first increase in such incidents since 2015.<\/p>\n
Afghanistan’s ongoing war, now in its 18th year, resulted in more than 1,000 schools being closed by the end 2018, UNICEF said, depriving some 500,000 children of their right to learning.<\/p>\n
“Education is under fire in Afghanistan,” UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“The senseless attacks on schools; the killing, injury and abduction of teachers; and the threats against education are destroying the hopes and dreams of an entire generation of children.”<\/p>\n
Last month, gunmen blew up a girls’ school in western Farah province. The incident followed the killing of a school teacher in northern Faryab province earlier this month.<\/p>\n
According to the United Nations, 3,804 civilians — including more than 900 children– were killed in Afghanistan in 2018, with another 7,189 wounded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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