Stories by Ashfaq Yusufzai

Despite Violent Attacks on Their Schools, Pakistani's Youngest Students Refuse to Give Up Education

Posted on Apr 28, 2010, Source: IPS News

"Militants must be ashamed of targeting children," says one first grader in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Pakistani Government Closing Schools Amid Increased Attacks

Posted on Oct 27, 2009, Source: IPS News

Between 2007 and 2009 alone, a total 188 schools for girls and 97 for boys were destroyed by the Taliban in Swat, displacing some 500,000 students.

Suicide Bomber Cult Is Alive and Well in Pakistan

Posted on Sep 15, 2006, Source: IPS News

The numbers of would-be suicide bombers waiting in the wings in a region of Pakistan and the adjoining parts of southern Afghanistan are rising into the hundreds.