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| Pakistani finds 'militant' son in Kabul |
| 2007-07-10 |
| A Pakistani man on Monday was reunited with his teenage son — who claimed he had come to Afghanistan to carry out a suicide attack — before reporters at the headquarters of the secret services here. An emotional Mati-Ullah hugged his 14-year-old son, Rafiq-Ullah, and told reporters he did not know the boy had joined the Taliban until he was captured in the eastern Afghan province of Khost in May. He said the teenager had gone missing from his religious school in Waziristan, adding that he had tracked him down to Khost. The boy claimed he had been sent to the country to carry out a suicide attack against the provincial governor, whom he was told was an “infidel”. The intelligence agency said Rafiq-Ullah, along with a man who had allegedly been issuing suicide bombing vests, were arrested on May 7 in a house in Khost. “Against all the values of human beings, terrorists are using such young boys to achieve their evil targets,” intelligence agency spokesman Sayed Ansary told journalists. The authenticity of the account could not be verified. The Afghan intelligence agency, which is keen to show a Pakistan link to the insurgency, often produces alleged militants who “confess” in front of the media. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "terrorists are using such young boys to achieve their evil targets" That's likely not the only way they're 'using' the young boys. Except that at 14, they aren't young boys anymore. They're old enough to know the desire for a woman, and also to know that a female goat is as close as they are likely to ever get. Makes martyrdom and blowing up infidels exciting and attractive. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-07-10 07:33 |