| A Pakistani general has accused al-Qaida of using children as fighters in Pakistan's tribal region, and an Uzbek Islamic militant leader of instigating attacks. The general, Safdar Hussain, a military commander in South Waziristan, accused Uzbek Tahir Yuldash of financing and masterminding what he called terrorist attacks in Pakistan, reports the BBC. The information came from three suspected militants from Central Asia who had confessed under interrogation to having received orders from Tahir, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Safdar also accused al-Qaida of using children to carry out militant activities in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. He said most of those arrested in the area were teenagers. |