Kabul: A 14-year-old boy has been detained by Afghan Border Police forces before he managed to carry out a suicide attack on senior government officials in southern Kandahar province. The local government officials said the boy was encouraged to target the district police chief of Maiwand or the administrative chief of the district, reports Khamma Press.
Zia Durani, Provincial police spokesman Ahmad confirmed that the boy was arrested by the Afghan Border Police forces before he manage to carry out the attack.
The provincial government media office, in a statement said that the boy is originally a resident of Panjwai district and was encouraged for the attack by the terrorist groups by paying him 20,000 Pakistani Rupees.
The arrest comes as many Afghan children have regularly been recruited by the militant groups including the Taliban and the Haqqani network for the terrorist related activities.
According to reports, Madrasas are described as the main recruitment source as poor families in Pakistan and Afghanistan send their sons to such madrassas for free education and lodging.
In the past, a 17-year-old boy assigned for a suicide mission was arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives in capital Kabul. Last month, a 12-year-old child assigned for a suicide mission surrendered himself to the security forces in the eastern Nangarhar province.
