<p>Two men riding a motorcycle hurled grenades at the Government Girls College at Gulimera in Mardan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province this afternoon. A large number of students were participating in a function at the college at the time of the attack.<br /><br />The injured, including a teacher and a passer-by, were taken to nearby hospitals. Seventeen girls were discharged after being provided first aid.<br /><br />District police chief Waqif Khan described the condition of nine injured girls as critical. They were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Mardan city.<br /><br />Khan dismissed reports that some persons were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.<br /><br />Taliban militants, who consider the education of girls as "un-Islamic", have attacked scores of girls' educational institutions in northwest Pakistan over the past few years.</p>
<p>Two men riding a motorcycle hurled grenades at the Government Girls College at Gulimera in Mardan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province this afternoon. A large number of students were participating in a function at the college at the time of the attack.<br /><br />The injured, including a teacher and a passer-by, were taken to nearby hospitals. Seventeen girls were discharged after being provided first aid.<br /><br />District police chief Waqif Khan described the condition of nine injured girls as critical. They were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Mardan city.<br /><br />Khan dismissed reports that some persons were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.<br /><br />Taliban militants, who consider the education of girls as "un-Islamic", have attacked scores of girls' educational institutions in northwest Pakistan over the past few years.</p>