| Submit your comments on this article |
| Afghanistan |
| 12-Year-Old Escapes Taliban Suicide Plan |
| 2012-09-27 |
| A 12-year-old Afghan boy whose family was killed in a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province, local officials said. The boy, Neyaz Mohammad, was a resident in the Kajaki district of southern Helmand province who lost his family in a NATO Farhang said that Neyaz was taken around three months ago by bully boyz in the Nawa district of the province and given money to convince him to wear a boom jacket to attack security forces. "The first time [he was kidnapped], a resident of Nawa freed the boy from Taliban, but again they captured him," Farhang added. The boy escaped on Tuesday and went to the police. He is currently under their care, officials said. Isaf also confirmed the report in their operational update Wednesday and said that the boy being supported by Afghan police. But Taliban front man Qari Yousuf rejected the claim in an interview with TOLOnews, saying it was "government propaganda". "I have spoken with Taliban [leaders], it's not true. The government wants to defame the Taliban. We condemn this," Qari Yousuf said. He added that the Taliban are not hiring "under-age" bombers. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Killed by a NATO airstrike? Unlikely, though I suppose it's possible the boys family was being held hostage inside a target house. Good on the boy for running away though, tells me he at least has some common sense. |
| Posted by: Charles 2012-09-27 19:28 |
| #4 This kid has good survival instincts. He'll go far... |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-09-27 13:02 |
| #3 He added that the Taliban are not hiring "under-age" bombers. With payment unfailingly paid after the job is done, no doubt. A career uniquely suited to the IQ of all serious applicants. Seriously, someone give this kid a Rhoades schoalarship: he's a veritable Einstein... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2012-09-27 12:36 |
| #2 Big difference between hiring and kidnapping, ie. between renting and stealing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-09-27 12:19 |
| #1 He added that the Taliban are not hiring "under-age" bombers. Yeah, I'm sure they are really concerned about under-age children (sarc). In this part of the world they will use whoever they can. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-09-27 10:12 |