Document #1255280

PBS - Public Broadcasting Service (Author), published by Child Soldiers International (formerly: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers)

Why Afghanistan’s Children Are Used as Spies and Suicide Bombers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/why-afghanistans-children-are-used-as-spies-and-suicide-bombers/

ecoi.net description:
Article on recruitment of children by Taliban and armed groups affiliated with Islamic State (IS) groups for deployment as messengers, spies or suicide bombers (case examples; recruitment of 556 boys and 4 girls documented by UN task force between September 2010 and December 2014)
Country:
Afghanistan
Sources:
PBS - Public Broadcasting Service (Author), published by Child Soldiers International (formerly: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers)
Published:
17 November 2015
Original link:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/why-afghanistans-children-are-used-as-spies-and-suicide-bombers/
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1255280 (former ID 321558)

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