Dress code threats close Peshawar schools
{{date|February 27, 2007}}

[[Image:Peshawar.png|thumb|right|150px|The location of Peshawar.]]
Schools in the city [[w:Peshawar|Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]] were closed for two days at the end of last week after anonymous threats were received warning female students to wear [[w:veil|veils]] in class. 

The threats, believed originating from members of the [[w:Taliban|Taliban]] movement, along with the detention of two would-be suicide bombers before they exploded themselves, raised tensions and closed the schools out of safety concerns for the students.

One of the two suicide bombers was a woman who attempted enter the Koochi [[w:Bazaar|Bazaar]], a market in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s [[w: North-West Frontier Province|North-West Frontier Province]]. Purses carried by women are routinely searched before entering the market. Explosives were discovered in the purse carried by a woman who refused the search and tried to walk away. 

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[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
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[[Category:Pakistan]]
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[[Category:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
[[Category:Peshawar]]
[[Category:Suicide attacks]]
The location of Peshawar.
Schools in the city Peshawar, Pakistan were closed for two days at the end of last week after anonymous threats were received warning female students to wear veils in class. 

The threats, believed originating from members of the Taliban movement, along with the detention of two would-be suicide bombers before they exploded themselves, raised tensions and closed the schools out of safety concerns for the students.

One of the two suicide bombers was a woman who attempted enter the Koochi Bazaar, a market in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. Purses carried by women are routinely searched before entering the market. Explosives were discovered in the purse carried by a woman who refused the search and tried to walk away.
Politics and conflicts Education Pakistan Asia Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar Suicide attacks