In the Swat Taliban militants targeted the teachers because they are women and the pupils are girls. "This used

to be a class room", she said now its lettered with shredded books. "All the girls cried when they saw what the

militants had done to the school", the Taliban had visted Parveen in person.

"They told us we could stay open if we all wore burkas, ever the little girls, we did that but the still blew up the

place." More than 300 schools were damaged in the Swat.