Young Taliban Soldiers

Taliban soldiers cradling AK-47s and M16 assault rifles mingle among families at Kabul Zoo, a novelty experience for many of the young fighters from rural Afghanistan.

A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east.

A probe was launched by the British Defence ministry into claims that a soldier cut fingers off dead Taliban fighters to keep as souvenirs, BBC reported on Monday. The allegations relate to a soldier from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was serving in Afghanistan.

The second generation of Taliban guerrillas, now in their early 20s, has become a part of the insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan, police and intelligence officials said. "The sons of the Taliban fighters who were 10 or 12 years of age at the time of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 are now 20 or 22 years old," Express Tribune Tue...

Taliban soldiers cradling AK-47s and M16 assault rifles mingle among families at Kabul Zoo, a novelty experience for many of the young fighters from rural Afghanistan.

A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east.

A probe was launched by the British Defence ministry into claims that a soldier cut fingers off dead Taliban fighters to keep as souvenirs, BBC reported on Monday. The allegations relate to a soldier from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was serving in Afghanistan.

The second generation of Taliban guerrillas, now in their early 20s, has become a part of the insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan, police and intelligence officials said. "The sons of the Taliban fighters who were 10 or 12 years of age at the time of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 are now 20 or 22 years old," Express Tribune Tue...