The Taliban Prepares The Next Generation For War

Indoctrinated: The boy (right) lives in the Tangi Valley, just an hour's drive from the Afghan capital Kabul

The Taliban Boy Aged Just THREE Being Trained For War Who Says He's 'Going To Shoot People' -- Daily Mail

* Film obtained by BBC shows young child playing with gun in Afghanistan
* Boy lives in Tangi Valley, where Taliban has grip on schools and courts
* Another pupil says of hopes for future: 'To serve my country and Islam'

Barely three years old and holding a gun, this little boy is terrifying proof of how the Taliban is reasserting its grip on Afghanistan.

As Western troops prepare to leave the country after 13 years of war, sinister footage has emerged from one of the fanatics’ strongholds.

In the film, obtained by the BBC, the three-year-old boy declares: ‘I’m going to shoot people.

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WNU Editor: The BBC report is here.

Report: Child Soldiers Decreasing

From Time Magzine:

(UNITED NATIONS) — The number of conflicts in which child soldiers were involved dropped sharply from 27 in 2004 to 17 at the end of last year, according to a report by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.

Despite the decline, the report said tens of thousands of children remain in the ranks of militias and other armed groups in at least 24 countries. It accused Burma of being the most persistent offender.

The report, released Tuesday, also said the number of governments that use children to fight fell only slightly from 10 in 2001-2004 to nine in 2004-2007.

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Other News Reports:
For Tens Of Thousands Of Child Soldiers, A Short And Brutal Life -- Common Dreams
Conflicts using child soldiers drops -- Gulf News
Burma Continues to Recruit Child Soldiers -- Abitsu
Child soldier use persists despite global efforts: report -- National Post

UN: 13 Countries Use Child Soldiers

From Time Magazine:

The situation for children caught in conflict remains "grave and entirely unacceptable" because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers, according to a senior U.N. official.

Undersecretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that in addition to being pressed into service, children in several countries are also killed, maimed, abducted and raped and denied access to humanitarian groups.

She cited a recent report from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict that named 58 groups in 13 countries "responsible for the recruitment and use of child soldiers."

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My Comment: A problem that has been with man since the beginning of recorded history. Young generations lost and destroyed to fulfill an adults view of what should be.