10-year-old Wasil Ahmad who often fought the Taliban has
been shot dead while on his way to school in the southern Uruzgan province.
Uruzgan's
deputy provincial police chief, Rahimullah Khan, says that Wasil Ahmad was
killed in Tirin Kot, the capital of the province, on Monday.
The
boy had often fought Taliban alongside his uncle, Khan said.
Gunmen
described by Khan as insurgents killed the boy near his home.
He
said Ahmad's uncle was formerly a Taliban commander who had changed allegiance
to the government and been appointed local police commander in Khas Uruzgan
district.
The
use of child soldiers is illegal in Afghanistan, but the charity Child Soldiers
International says both government forces and insurgents have been recruiting
minors for years.
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