Afghan Militants Hang 8-Year-Old Taliban Al-Qaeda cowards
 

Taliban / Al-Qaeda hang little boy. Spineless cowards.
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Afghan Militants Hang 8-Year-Old
Posted by Anne Marie Houppert July 25, 2011

Helmand province, Afghanistan was the scene this past weekend of the hanging of an 8-year-old boy whose father refused to supply militants with a police vehicle, according to a CNN report. The atrocity takes place amid the ongoing transfer of security from NATO to local and national forces, and ongoing attacks against anti-Taliban officials. It’s unclear whether the hanging was carried out by the Taliban or another insurgent group. For more context on the Taliban influence in Afghanistan and its neighbor, Pakistan, revisit these recent National Geographic articles: