41. Afghan Terrorists Used Pesticides Against Girls Schools in Takhar and Sar-e-Pul Provinces, et al., 2012-2013: 1,952 Wounded
Attacks on girls’ schools by the Taliban and other terrorists continued, especially as the Taliban began to reclaim control of tribal areas in more remote regions of Afghanistan. Between 2012 and 2013, 53 people died in attacks that involved pesticides.
At least 23 girls’ schools were targeted by the terrorists. Some of the schools became the targets of water poisoning when pesticides were intentionally used to contaminate the schools’ water supplies. There were no known deaths, but nearly 2000 people were wounded, the vast majority of them children.
