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  • Girl, 8, dies carrying bomb for insurgents (Afghanistan)

    06/26/2011 1:17:59 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 37 replies
    NY Post ^ | June 26, 2011
    An eight-year-old Afghan girl was killed when insurgents detonated a bomb in a bag which they had given her to take to police nearby, the interior ministry said Sunday. The incident happened in the southern province of Uruzgan on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement. "The enemies of peace and stability committed another unforgivable and shameful crime -- an explosive-laden bag was handed to her and she was told to take it to police," the statement said. "The child, pure-hearted and in good faith, took the bag and moved towards the police vehicle. As she got close to the...