Very sad! The Afghan Government is equally responsible for the boy's death..They should not have divulged his name putting his life in jeopardy
[h=1]Afghan government declared Wasil Ahmad a hero, then the Taliban killed him. He was 10[/h]
February 03, 2016 12:04
The Afghan government declared Wasil Ahmad a hero for leading a militias defense against a Taliban siege last year, parading him in front of cameras in a borrowed police uniform too big for him.
On Monday, the Taliban triumphantly announced that they had assassinated him with two bullets to the head.
Wasil Ahmad was 10 years old.
He was gunned down in Tirin Kot city, the capital of southern Oruzgan Province, just a few months after leaving militia life and enrolling in school as a fourth grader.
Wasil's story is a painful example of how child combatants continue to be a part of life in Afghanistan, both in the ranks of pro-government forces and among the Taliban insurgents.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...m.-he-was-10/2ae3d602594b85957d006aafb4e094cf
[h=1]Afghan government declared Wasil Ahmad a hero, then the Taliban killed him. He was 10[/h]
February 03, 2016 12:04
The Afghan government declared Wasil Ahmad a hero for leading a militias defense against a Taliban siege last year, parading him in front of cameras in a borrowed police uniform too big for him.
On Monday, the Taliban triumphantly announced that they had assassinated him with two bullets to the head.
Wasil Ahmad was 10 years old.
He was gunned down in Tirin Kot city, the capital of southern Oruzgan Province, just a few months after leaving militia life and enrolling in school as a fourth grader.
Wasil's story is a painful example of how child combatants continue to be a part of life in Afghanistan, both in the ranks of pro-government forces and among the Taliban insurgents.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...m.-he-was-10/2ae3d602594b85957d006aafb4e094cf
