Afghan girls back in school after being poisoned

A week after hundreds of pupils were poisoned at three different girls' schools in nothern Afghanistan, most of the girls are back in school. Many believe the Taliban are behind the attack, trying to stop the girls from gettting an education.

Moments after teachers and pupils at Khadja Kobra High School in Kunduz province noticed a sweet, perfumed smell in the air, hundreds started to get dizzy, and then started vomitting and fainting. Many had to go to hospital. "We were all in a panic and wanted to get out," Soodaba, a 16-year-old pupil at the school, told CNN.

At first authorities thought it was mass hysteria, but then the same thing happened at two other girls' schools in the same area. It is now believed the girls were poisoned. The Taliban have said they didn't do it, but there are a number of different militant groups there, including Al-Qaeda, who want to keep girls from getting an education. No matter who was behind the attack, the girl's are determined to stay in school.

Shafika is 20 years old, and wants to become a lawyer. "Just like they tried to poison us, I’m going to poison them but I’m not going to do it their way," she said. "I’m going to shame them with my words.  I want to banish them with my education."