Two state-run schools in Pakistan's restive northwestern Khyber tribal region, where troops are conducting operations against the militants, were blown up by suspected pro-Taliban militants early Wednesday morning.
The boys' high school building in Bara sub-division of Khyber Agency was blown up with large quantities of dynamite planted around the outer walls by the militants. The blast also destroyed a nearby primary school but no one casualties were reported in the attack.
Shafeerullah Wazir, the top administrative official of Khyber district, blamed both the Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam for this despicable act.
Bara town, located 12 miles (20 km) south of Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), has witnessed a wave of terrorist attacks and suicide-bombings over the past few weeks by Islamist fighters avenging military action.
Since last year, Taliban militants, who oppose co-education, have blown up hundreds of schools, most girls in Swat valley of the NWFP.
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