According to officials, 108 schools have so far been destroyed in Mohmand Agency, including last night’s incident. —File Photo

MOHMAND AGENCY: Militants on Wednesday night blew up two more schools in Mohmand Agency, increasing the number of schools destroyed in the agency to 108, while another school was bombed in Swabi district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province.

Officials told Dawn.com that Government Primary School Malik Aurangzeb and Government Primary School Dilawar in Haleemzai Tehsil of Mohmand Agency had been destroyed last night.

According to officials, 108 schools have so far been destroyed in the agency in such incidents.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, militants blew up Government Middle School Wasilabad in Swabi’s Tehsil Lahore, destroying a room and the boundary wall of the school.

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