Taliban poison attack or mass hysteria?

1. What's being discussed in this article? This article is discussing whether these attacks on Afghan schools are because super conservatives do not want women being educated or if it is mass hysteria violence.
2. When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?) The article was written on August 25, 2010. This is breaking news of another attack on Afghan schools, however the attacks have been occurring since 2006. So it has been discussed for the reason why they are being attacked.
3. What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event? I would like to know more about attacks against women in Afghanistan, and how often they occur to stop women from being educated.