At an al-Qaeda training camp in Pakistan, the warlord are training boys into killers. The boy soldiers as young as five are in line before being handed rifles in which to teach to fire rocket-propelled grenades. The bemused children are forced to carry heavy ammunition to build their strength. They live in the tents in poor condition with weapons lying next to them. The author of this passage got shocked by seeing an 11-year-old boy walking into a warzone with all the weapons around his body. The author was in angry about the use of children as suicide bombers and as human shields during firefights. Author said “it was one of the most disturbing [scenes] he had seen. It is child abuse of the worst kind and shows the kind of sick tactics al-Qaeda use” (Nick Owens.) From this quote, I can feel that author fall into disgust of acquiring child soldier in Afghanistan. He strongly explained the condition and the hardship of each soldiers; therefore he has solid point of view towards boys who are brainwashed to kill rather than the Taliban. The author didn’t mention any point of view of British soldiers. From this message, I realized the seriousness of this problem thus I should take action.
Owens, Nick. "Child soldiers trained by the Taliban to kill British soldiers." Mirror.co.uk News 8 February 2008 14 Sep 2008
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