Kabul says 41 child suicide bombers rescued

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Afghan government said Monday that police had rescued 41 children from becoming suicide bombers.

20 February,2012 07:59 pm

Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told a news conference that the children aged six to 11 had been released on February 15 from the clutches of four insurgents in eastern Kunar province.The kids were to be smuggled across the mountains into Pakistan, he said.He told AFP their families were fooled by terrorists, who promised to send them to Pakistan.Police arrested the four suspects and the children were returned to their families, the spokesman said.On February 12, Afghan authorities announced the arrest of two 10-year-old would-be suicide bombers allegedly planning to attack Afghan and international forces in the southern province of Kandahar, the Talibans birthplace.