Girls’ school bombed in first attack in years

A school for girls was blown up in north-western Pakistan in the first bombing targeting female education in several years, weeks after the Taliban take over of Afghanistan.

The bomb went off late on Wednesday night at the school in the town of Tank that is adjacent to South Waziristan, a region on the Afghan border that has long served as a base for militants linked to Al Qaeda.

The explosion partially destroyed the outer wall and a classroom, local police official Mujeeb Ullah said.

No one was killed or hurt and no arrest has been made so far, the officer added.