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The 11-year-old girl was relentlessly bullied. And the culprit, police say, were her teachers.

One of them told the girl to go kill herself and threatened to fail other students if they didnt fight the girl, police said. And when that teacher was removed from the classroom, a second teacher allegedly kept up the abuse.The two Louisiana teachers, Ann Marie Shelvin and Tracy Gallow, now face criminal charges.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said he learned of the accusations back in February after the girls mother filed a complaint. The mother returned to the sheriffs office in April to say the abuse was continuing.

Deputies said Shelvin, a teacher at Washington Elementary, threatened to fail three of her students if they didnt fight the girl. She also allegedly told the bullied girl to go and kill herself.

In a police report obtained by CNN, a student involved in the incident told deputies that Shelvin forced her to start a fight that resulted in several students sent to the principals office.

The student said she was told if she didnt fight the girl, Shelvin would refuse to help her with her class work just like she refuses to help the 11-year-old, the report said.The student told deputies she was scared shed be treated like the bullied girl if she didnt comply.

Shelvin was eventually removed from the school and Gallow, a former teachers aide, took over her class. The girls mother told police that Gallow retaliated against the girl for reporting Shelvin to the principal.

School surveillance cameras caught Gallow pushing the girl onto the school bleachers on two occasions, the sheriffs office said. When questioned by police, Gallow admitted pushing the student because she felt the girl was too upset to go start her testing.

A school board official, Anthony Stanberry told CNN affiliate KLFY is disturbed by the news and is promising swift action.

As a St. Landry Parish school board member, St. Landry Parish is not going to tolerate it, Anthony Stanberry, an official, told KLFY. Whatever actions needs to be taken care of to handle the situation is what we plan to do.

The school district said it is investigating the allegations.

We want to assure the school community that we take these allegations very seriously and we are doing everything to protect the health, safety and welfare of our students, St. Landry Parish School Board supervisor of personnel Matthew Scroggins said.

Sheriff Guidroz says the mother did the right thing by reporting the bullying to the school board.

Students should not have to attend school and be bullied especially by teachers that are there for their education, guidance and safety, he said. The teachers are charged with malfeasance in office, intimidation and interference in school operations.

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On June 7, AGBU Europe launched an appeal calling on the European Union and European aid organizations to engage with the population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR) is a landlocked mountainous territory in the South Caucasus, home to 150,000 people. It is one of the several unrecognized states that emerged from the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the Republic of Azerbaijan claims sovereignty over NKR. It is one of the most impoverished areas in the periphery, reads the text of the petition on Change.org.

The inhabitants of this small unrecognized state have been under continuous threat of war and isolation for more than 20 years, which has caused considerable hardship. A blockade continues to impact the daily life of the people, who also suffer from the highest mine-related casualty rate in the world, it says.

The EU does not provide direct aid to the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, in contrast to other territories under dispute, such as Northern Cyprus, Abkhazia or Transnistria, which have received substantial benefits from EU engagement and aid.

We call on all those who believe in Europe to sign onto this appeal. We stand ready to work with European institutions as well as with international NGOs to find ways to respond to the needs of the civilian population in Nagorno-Karabakh, says Nadia Gortzounian, President of AGBU Europe.

Despite the isolation and economic hardship, Nagorno-Karabakh focuses on the development of democracy. It is making considerable efforts to improve institutions and strengthen civil society.

AGBU Europe has published a video and information package aimed at explaining the case for EU engagement in NKR.

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This photo taken on August 11, 2014, shows the machine gun of a U.S. soldier, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), onboard a Chinook helicopter over the Gardez district of Paktia province.

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- At least three civilians were killed by gunmen inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, the Interior Ministry said.

The ministry said that nine others were wounded in the Friday night attack in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, in a statement released Saturday.

The ministry strongly condemned the attack and called it "an act against Islam and humanity." It said the civilians were attacked while praying.

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban and Haqqani network are active in Paktia and neighboring provinces and often target government officials as well as Afghan security forces in the region.

In a separate report from southern Helmand province, at least two border police officers were killed Friday night after their checkpoint was struck by U.S. military forces during a joint operation, said Omar Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in Helmand.

Zwak said that three other policemen were wounded in the airstrike carried out during the operation against insurgents in the Nad Ali district.

"What we have so far is the initial report of the air strike" said Zwak, adding that an investigation was underway and that the dead toll could rise.

There was no immediate comment from the U.S. military on the airstrike in Helmand province.

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Afghanistan has been observing a national day of mourning after three major terrorist attacks across the country killed at least 200 people and wounded more than 600 others in recent weeks.

President Ashraf Ghani said in a statement late on June 9 that national flags will fly at half-mast "to honor the memory of those martyred in the recent terrorist attacks."

The day of mourning on June 10 comes in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in the capital, Kabul and the south-eastern Khost and western Herat provinces.

Afghan officials say more than 150 people were killed and 460 others were wounded in a massive suicide truck bombing in Kabul, on May 31.The bombing was the deadliest single attack in Kabul since the ouster of the Taliban following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.

Police said at least 13 people were killed eight others wounded when a Taliban car bomb targeting a convoy of local militia forces went off in the city of Khost on May 27.

Meanwhile, a blast in a mosque in Herat killed at least seven people and wounded 15 others on June 6, local officials said.

Militant groups, including the Taliban and Islamic State (IS) often claim deadly attacks on military and civilian targets.

The Taliban has expanded its reach over the past two years, seizing control of several districts in different parts of the country.

The government is also struggling to combat an IS affiliate, which has a presence in eastern Afghanistan.

Ghani said on June 6 that over the past two years as many as 11,000 foreign fighters have joined the extremist group.

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