Security forces have arrested five Taliban insurgents including a would-be suicide bomber child who was set free in Kabul months ago, the department of National Directorate for Security (NDS) said in Kandahar on Sunday.
Three detained terrorists and two young would-be suicide bombers stand with their explosive material after they were captured in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2012. Security forces have arrested five Taliban insurgents including a woule-be child suicide bomber who was set free in Kabul months ago, the department of National Directorate for Security (NDS) said in Kandahar on Sunday. (Xinhua/Arghand)
"We have arrested five rebels including three armed Taliban rebels and two suicide bomber children," an official with the NDS department or intelligence agency told newsmen here.
He also showed the arrested men including the two would-be suicide bomber teens to the journalists. However, he did not reveal his name nor the exact date of the arrest of the insurgents.
"Taliban recruited me last year to target foreign troops but police arrested me and President Karzai set me free and sent to an orphanage in Kabul. After passing sometimes there, I managed to flee and tried to target foreign forces again but again I was captured," 10-year-old Azizullah told newsmen.
He also said that he is from Paktia's provincial capital Gardez city. Talking about his relations with Taliban, the boy said, "Some Taliban last year, one day strapped a vest with some electric wires around my body and told me to press the button when you meet foreign soldiers on the streets or bazaar."
"By pressing the button several soldiers will be killed and then you return home," Azizullah further said.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai had ordered the release of some 20 would-be suicide bomber children ranging between 8 to 17 years old in August 2011.
Another child who introduced himself Nasibullah also in talks with journalists said that Taliban militants had recruited him to target American forces.
"I along my family used to live in Pishin area of Balouchistan, Pakistan and used to study in a Madressa (religious school) there. One day Taliban recruited me and took me to Afghanistan. They provided training to me in Band-e-Timor area of Miwand district and after few days they took me to a road and told me to detonate whenever the foreign soldiers passing the road and then return home," Nasibullah, 11 told newsmen.
Taliban militants who staged a violent comeback in 2006 and fighting Afghan and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan have been largely relying on suicide attacks and roadside bombings.
The remaining three adult captured men also in talks with the journalists confirmed to their link with Taliban outfit.
(VietNamNet/Xinhuanet)
