Parents Sell Child For $100 To Taliban To Train As Suicide Bomber
KABUL: (Middle East Press) A 12-year-old child Zekirya recently handed over himself to the Afghan police after managing to escape from Taliban training center where was receiving suicide attack trainings along with a group of other children.
The ministry of interior (MoI) released Saturday a shocking new statement regarding a child trained as suicide bomber by Taliban group after he was sold by his parents for AFN 7,000, equivalent to around $100.
Zakirya said several other children his age were also recruited and in the camp being trained by the Taliban.
“I told them [Taliban] that we will be cut into pieces, referring to the aftermath of a suicide attack, but they [Taliban] said you will go to paradise by killing government employees and their commanders,” Zekirya said.
Insurgents use different tactics to recruit children in a bid to force them to carry out attacks, according to Faryab police.
According to a statement by MoI, the child is originally a resident of Qaisar district who has told police that his family sold him to Taliban for AFN 7,000 only.
The statement by MoI further added that the children were being trained by Taliban commander Mullah Qayum in Ghormach district of western Badghis province.
