KABUL – Insurgents in southern Afghanistan hanged an 8-year-old boy Friday six days after they abducted him, the Afghan government said Sunday.
The boy’s captors had demanded that his father, a police officer, supply them with a police vehicle and he refused, said a statement from President Hamid Karzai’s office.
“President Karzai both strongly condemns this act and rejects it as a brutal and cowardly crime that is not acceptable in any religion or culture,” the statement said. It referred to the killers as “terrorists,” but did not say if they belonged to the Taliban or another of the insurgent movements.
Kidnappings have become increasingly common in Afghanistan, both by criminal groups looking for ransoms and insurgents making a political statement. Most abductions are settled out of the public eye, with negotiations and cash payments.
Separately, Afghan officials said NATO forces battling insurgents along an eastern highway accidentally killed three civilians who were caught in the crossfire.
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Innallahey Wa Inna ilahey rajiu’n.
Majuda haalaat ko dekh kar, itna tu insaan andaaza laga sakta hai kay insaani jaan ki koi qeemat nahin hain. Chahay wo mard ho, aurat ho, buzarg ho, ya phir bacha.
The boy’s captors had demanded that his father, a police officer, supply them with a police vehicle and he refused, said a statement from President Hamid Karzai’s office.
“President Karzai both strongly condemns this act and rejects it as a brutal and cowardly crime that is not acceptable in any religion or culture,” the statement said. It referred to the killers as “terrorists,” but did not say if they belonged to the Taliban or another of the insurgent movements.
Kidnappings have become increasingly common in Afghanistan, both by criminal groups looking for ransoms and insurgents making a political statement. Most abductions are settled out of the public eye, with negotiations and cash payments.
Separately, Afghan officials said NATO forces battling insurgents along an eastern highway accidentally killed three civilians who were caught in the crossfire.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/07/25/1757592/insurgents-abduct-hang-8-year.html#ixzz1T9PqgmUX
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/07/25/1757592/insurgents-abduct-hang-8-year.html
Innallahey Wa Inna ilahey rajiu’n.
Majuda haalaat ko dekh kar, itna tu insaan andaaza laga sakta hai kay insaani jaan ki koi qeemat nahin hain. Chahay wo mard ho, aurat ho, buzarg ho, ya phir bacha.
