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Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen torch Baghlan school
Kabul, July 3 (IBNS) Unknown gunmen has torched down a school in the Nahrain district of Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province, media reports said on Sunday.
Mohammad Afzal, principal of Gulmiran High School, told Pajhwok Afghan News a number of armed men injured the guard before setting the building on fire at around 11:30pm.
The office has been completely gutted.
Mohammad Afzal was quoted as saying by the agency: “The fire was extinguished by residents, but it completely gutted the office and partially damaged classrooms.”
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