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The Gas Attack on Young Girls

More than 80 Afghan girls have fallen ill in a wave of school poisonings in the past week. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on how women are fighting back—by keeping girls in school.

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Rukiya 8, an afghan girl sit alone in her class room during a break in Aftabachi school in Kapisa province eastern Afghanistan. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo)

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