Afghanistan school torched

Militants have destroyed yet another state-run school in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, local officials have said.

Unknown gunmen torched the school building in Chaparhar district, south of the provincial capital, Jalalabad, in the early hours of Saturday, local officials told Press TV.

Two Afghan security personnel guarding the school were injured in the incident after taking a beating from the assailants.

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Militants torch NATO tankers in Pakistan

Peshawar: Wed, Feb 9

Unidentified militants in northwest Pakistan have torched four trucks carrying fuel supplies for US-led forces stationed in Afghanistan, security officials say.

In the incident, which happened on Tuesday, bombs planted underneath one of the trucks exploded in a market on the outskirts of Peshawar, Reuters reported.