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June 6th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda He said 15 people have been arrested in connection with the school poisonings. Those being held include 12 identified Taliban insurgents, a teacher and a school treasurer and his wife, he said.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid denied any involvement in the poisonings.
“The poisoning of innocent children is against Islamic law. The mujahedeen are not involved in the poisoning of schoolchildren. It is a crime,” Mujahid said.
A teacher and three female students are among those arrested and all 15 have confessed to being involved in poisoning, Mashal said.
But the ISI dismissed the Afghan accusations as “absurd and senseless”.
“This is an attempt to strain ties between the two countries. Pakistan wants peace and stability in Afghanistan. A peaceful and stable Afghanistan is in our interest,” a Pakistani intelligence official told AFP.
Afghan officials regularly accuse Taliban insurgents, who banned schooling for girls while in power from 1996 to 2001, of poisoning school wells or using “gas” or “toxic powder” against the girls.
None have died, however, and no traces of poison have been found in blood samples, officials say.
Experts suggest that a phenomenon known as mass hysteria – against a background of conflict – could be responsible.
The Taliban has denied any involvement and said any culprits would be punished “according to the Islamic Law”.
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