11-year-old Afghan boy, hailed as hero for fighting Taliban, killed by militants
Source: CNN
(CNN)An 11-year-old Afghan boy who had been praised for his bravery in leading security forces in battle against the Taliban was killed by the militants this week, Afghan authorities said.
Wasil Ahmad had commanded a police unit for 43 days as it fought to repel a deadly 71-day Taliban siege last year, according to his uncle Mullah Samad, an Afghan Local Police commander in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province.
Gunmen on motorbikes shot the boy in the head Monday at a market in Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital of Uruzgan province, said Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for the province's governor.
Wasil was taken to a local hospital, then transferred to a better-equipped hospital in Kandahar, where he died of his injuries, Nayab said.
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LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)rely on children.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)11.
what the fuck are we doing in this world.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)You were a brave soul.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I hate these people that kill innocent little children and women.
daleo
(21,317 posts)The other side targetted him.