Taliban Executes Boy, 7, Accused Of Spying As Suicide Bomber Kills 40 Children At Wedding

DailyMail (UK) ^ | June 10, 2010

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Taliban Executes Boy, 7, Accused Of Spying As Suicide Bomber Kills 40 Children At Wedding

10th June 2010

Boy hanged in Helmand province after being put on trial by militants More than 40 killed and 77 injured after bomb rips through wedding Cameron pledges extra £67m for British troops on first visit to country Taliban militants have executed a seven-year-old boy they accused of being a spy, it emerged today.

The child was abducted from his home and taken to a neighbouring village where he was put on trial. His captors found him guilty of working for the government. The child was then hanged in public in the village of Heratiyan, in the southern Sangin district of Helmand province.

Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai condemned the act as a 'crime against humanity' if proved and said officials were investigating. Horror: Two of the young victims lie in hospital after a suicide bombing at an Afghanistan wedding left 40 dead

'I don't think there's a crime bigger than that that even the most inhuman forces on earth can commit,' he said. 'A seven-year-old boy cannot be a spy. A seven-year-old boy cannot be anything but a seven-year-old boy, and therefore hanging or shooting to kill a seven-year-old boy... is a crime against humanity.'

The execution came as 40 people - mainly children and teenagers - were killed when a suicide bomber targeted a wedding. Another 77 were injured after the blast ripped through the party in Kandahar. The bombing happened at around 9pm yesterday in a housing compound where men had gathered during the festivities. Witnesses said the family that was attacked included a number of Afghan police officers.

The groom's brother and two of his cousins were in the police force, according to another cousin, Mohammad Alkozay.

[Cindy]

I’m not a politician or a jihadi so I have no answer for your question.

I only have the common sense that God gave all of us.

[Cindy]

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7147378.ece

From The Times
June 11, 2010
“Taleban hang 7-year-old boy to punish family”
Jerome Starkey, Kandahar

SNIPPET: “Daoud Ahmadi, the spokesman for the provincial governor of Helmand, said that the killing happened days after the boy’s grandfather, Abdul Woodod Alokozai, spoke out against militants in their home village.

Mr Ahmadi said: “His grandfather is a tribal elder in the village and the village is under the control of the Taleban. His grandfather said some good things about the Government and he formed a small group of people to stand against the Taleban. That’s why the Taleban killed his grandson in revenge.”

The attack happened in Heratiyan, in Sangin, near where insurgents shot down an American Pave Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, killing all four crew.

The helicopter was swooping over the town to suppress attacks on a grounded air ambulance, which was picking up British casualties.

Shamsuddin Khan Faryie, an elder in Heratiyan, said that the boy, identified as the son of Abul Qudooz, was seized as he played in his garden. He was found hanged from a nearby tree.”