In yet another blow to girls’ education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid the ongoing wave of terrorism, militants have bombed a portion of a girls’ school in the Wana tehsil of South Waziristan.
The country’s north-western region has remained gripped by terror attacks since mid-2021, impacting several girls’ schools in districts across KP.
The Sofia Noor School, established with support from Wana Welfare Association for the girls of the remote and underdeveloped district a few weeks back, was blown up on Friday, within eight days of a school destroyed in the southern districts. The Islamia Girls School was bombed in Sheva town of North Waziristan on May 9. However, no casualty was reported in the bomb attack.
The blast on the school has triggered fear among residents of the province, who continue to witness attacks on educational institutions almost on a daily basis for years now.
Construction in some blocks of the school was continuing. As per reports, the blast damaged a portion of the building at around 3am, but no casualty was reported. Some social media reports also claimed that the school’s administration had received letters for extortion. Locals, however, have categorically denied it.
