Afghanistan sees three-fold increase in attacks on schools in one year – UNICEF
KABUL/MALLORCA/NEW YORK, 28 May 2019 – Attacks on schools in Afghanistan tripled between 2017 and 2018, surging from 68 to 192, UNICEF said today. It was the first time school attacks had increased since 2015. “Education is under fire in Afghanistan,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “The senseless attacks on schools; the killing,…