KABUL, Afghanistan — A 12-year-old boy hailed as a hero for defending his village from the Taliban was shot dead in what appeared to be a targeted assassination by the group, Afghan officials said Wednesday. Wasil Ahmad was feted at a public ceremony for playing a key role in defending the community of Dan Sango, in the southern province of Khas Uruzgan, during a 2-month-long Taliban siege last year.
Since then, the boy carried a pistol to school — but did not have the chance to use it Monday when a gunman shot him twice in the head and chest as he bought groceries from a local shop in the provincial capital of Terin Kot.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing in a short statement issued Monday that called the boy “a stooge militiaman.” The use of child combatants is widespread in Afghanistan among both the national forces and the Taliban.
I think that what Wasil did was really admirable. Not everyone can say they stood up for his people in a life or dead situation. But when you look at the other side of the coin, children shouldnt even be aloud to fight or carry guns. Its sad because both sides use children as combatants and at the end of the day, its the children who pay.
Seek GOD First 