Afghan schoolgirls in hospital after ‘poison attack’

More than 100 schoolgirls in north-eastern Afghanistan are in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning.

The health director of Takhar province said the girls fell ill shortly after drinking water at their school.

An education official in Kabul said preliminary investigations suggested the water had been poisoned.

A local official in Takhar suggested that people opposed to education for girls were responsible — via redwolf.newsvine.com