Taliban hang 7-year-old boy accused of being a spy

[classicman]

A 7-year-old boy accused of being a spy was hanged by Taliban militants, according to published reports Thursday.

The child was allegedly put on trial by the militant group and later found guilty of working for Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's government, reports the Daily Mail.

Karzai called the act a "crime against humanity."

"I don't think there's a crime bigger than that that even the most inhuman forces on earth can commit," Karzai said.

The child was publicly hanged in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand province, a local official told The Associated Press.

"A 7-year-old boy cannot be a spy," Karzai added. "A 7-year-old boy cannot be anything but a seven-year-old boy, and therefore hanging or shooting to kill a seven-year-old boy... is a crime against humanity."

As if that wasn't bad enough ...

A deadly suicide bombing of an Afghan wedding celebration late Wednesday targeted an anti-Taliban village where U.S. Special Forces had built up a local militia that kept insurgents at bay.
Many of this militia's members as well as Afghan policemen were among at least 40 dead and over 70 wounded in the attack in Nagahan village, north of Kandahar city.

The bombing undermined coalition efforts to stabilize Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement and its strategic heartland.

"The savage Taliban targeted the wedding to take revenge on the people of Nagahan, who are united and are government allies," said Zalmai Ayoubi, the spokesman for Kandahar's provincial government.

The groom in Nagahan had invited numerous members of the militia and of the Afghan police, according to Mr. Ayoubi and Sardar Mohammed Zazi, the Kandahar police chief. The groom survived but was injured. At least 14 children died in the attack, officials said.

A local police chief was among the dead, while the head of the local militia, Hajji Mohammed Naji Kako, didn't attend the wedding and was unhurt, said Hajji Mohammed Nabi, a local tribal leader and the militia's former commander.

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I heard this am that the suicide bomber was a 14 year old boy.
WTF? How does one reason with people like this.