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AP reports: “Armed men broke into a girls’ school south of the Afghan capital and set it on fire, the latest attack on education for girls in the conservative country, officials said Thursday.”

The children burst into tears when they saw their school destroyed, principal Zaher Din said.

If only more American students would share that deep appreciation for education. Can’t imagine our kids crying over no school.

Interior Ministry spokesman Latfullah Mashal blamed Taliban militants, saying the “burning of schools and education institutions is an agenda of the terrorists.”

There has been a spate of attacks on girls’ schools across Afghanistan since U.S.-led forces ousted the Taliban in 2001. The former regime prohibited girls from attending school as part of its widely criticized drive to establish what it considered a “pure” Islamic state.

What can one say about a “culture” (and religion) that so viscerally opposes the most fundamental human rights for women?

That’s part of what America’s war on terrorism and Islamofascism is about. Liberty and freedom.

Liberals refuse to recognize it.

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