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- Ten Taliban militants arrestedCNN: Taliban Militants Arrested in Acid Attack on Afghan Girls (November 25, 2008)
- Militants claim Taliban members in Pakistan paid them to carry out attackCNN: Taliban Militants Arrested in Acid Attack on Afghan Girls (November 25, 2008)
- Militants say they were paid 100,000 rupees ($1,265) to attack girlsCNN: Taliban Militants Arrested in Acid Attack on Afghan Girls (November 25, 2008)
- Two girls were blinded as a resultCNN: Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack in Afghanistan (November 12, 2008)
- Attack was likely carried out by opponents of education for womenBBC NEWS: Acid attack on Afghan schoolgirls (November 12, 2008)
- A Taliban spokesperson said insurgents were not responsibleCNN: Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack in Afghanistan (November 12, 2008)
- The suspects fled the scene when locals attempted to assist the girlsBBC NEWS: Acid attack on Afghan schoolgirls (November 12, 2008)
- A bomb detonated near a government building shortly after the attackCNN: Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack in Afghanistan (November 12, 2008)
- The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bomb, which wounded over 40 peopleOttawa Citizen.com: Girl blinded in Kandahar acid attack (November 12, 2008)
- Attack happened around 8 a.m. when the girls were on their way to schoolMail & Guardian: Men spray acid at Afghan schoolgirls, 15 hurt (November 12, 2008)
- Females were prohibited from attending school under the Taliban government which ruled the country until the Afghanistan War in 2001BBC NEWS: Acid attack on Afghan schoolgirls (November 12, 2008)
- Hundreds of schools have been attacked and dozens of teachers and pupils killed after the Taliban regime was overthrown in 2001Mail & Guardian: Men spray acid at Afghan schoolgirls, 15 hurt (November 12, 2008)
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At least 15 school girls in Kandahar, Afghanistan, were sprayed with acid in November 2008 in an attack outside a local high school. Two attackers sprayed the girls with a toy gun filled with acid. BBC NEWS: Acid attack on Afghan schoolgirls (November 12, 2008) Over a week later, ten Taliban militants were arrested in connection with the attack.CNN: Taliban Militants Arrested in Acid Attack on Afghan Girls (November 25, 2008)
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