Afghanistan: rocket attack on schoolyard kills 7 kids
The Taliban denies it. So who did do it? AP, April 12:
ASADABAD, Afghanistan — A rocket exploded Tuesday in a schoolyard in eastern Afghanistan, killing seven students and wounding 34 other people in an attack possibly aimed at a nearby U.S. military base, officials said.
Police commander Mohammed Hasan accused the Taliban of targeting the boys school in Asadabad in Kunar province, but a purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammed Yousaf, said, "We do not kill innocent children."
Hundreds of boys ages 6 to 16 were in the courtyard at the time of the missile strike, witnesses said.
See our last post on Afghanistan.
Recent Updates
41 min 41 sec ago
23 hours 22 min ago
1 day 57 min ago
1 day 1 hour ago
1 day 20 hours ago
1 day 20 hours ago
1 day 20 hours ago
1 day 22 hours ago
2 days 6 hours ago
2 days 23 hours ago