160 Afghan schoolgirls have fallen ill after an alleged gas attack on their school in Taloqan, Takhar Province. The May 29, 2012 attack comes less than a week after a similar attack left 120 sick. This is the fourth such attack on schools in that region since last month.

Related: New bulletins being coded from Human Rights Watch's 2006 report: "Lessons in Terror: Attacks on Education in Afghanistan." Schools have been, and will continue to be, common targets in Afghanistan.

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