Taliban denies responsibility for school gas attacks
The Taliban has denied responsibility for gas attacks over the weekend that caused more than 50 schoolgirls in northern Afghanistan to lose consciousness or fall ill. "We strongly condemn such an act that targeted innocent schoolgirls by poisonous gas," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said, according news reports. In three separate incidents at schools in the city of Kunduz on Saturday and Sunday, teenagers reported being overcome by fumes.