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The Afghan Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday that the country’s intelligence forces prevented 13 Afghan children from being taken to Pakistan and trained to be terrorists.
According to the ministry, terrorists intended to take the children to the Khyber Agency in Pakistan’s Balochistan province to provide them terrorism training after deceiving their families, but the Afghan security forces prevented it from happening.
“Our country is in a state of war, in a state of – unfortunately – obvious aggression; when a society is in a state of war, its obvious that calamities and catastrophes are widespread as well,” said Justice Minister Fazel Ahmad Manawi.
The radicalization of children in Pakistani religious schools is a constant concern for Afghan leaders and regional and international analysts.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations stated that another 67 children who were being smuggled by human traffickers and migrants out of the country in border areas between Iran and Afghanistan were detained by Iranian border guards and handed over to Afghan security forces.
Zabiullah Rahmatzadeh, director of immigration at the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations, said: “These people were going to Iran from Nimroz via Zahedan; fortunately, we handed them back to their families.”…
The Afghan Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday that the country’s intelligence forces prevented 13 Afghan children from being taken to Pakistan and trained to be terrorists.
According to the ministry, terrorists intended to take the children to the Khyber Agency in Pakistan’s Balochistan province to provide them terrorism training after deceiving their families, but the Afghan security forces prevented it from happening.
“Our country is in a state of war, in a state of – unfortunately – obvious aggression; when a society is in a state of war, its obvious that calamities and catastrophes are widespread as well,” said Justice Minister Fazel Ahmad Manawi.
The radicalization of children in Pakistani religious schools is a constant concern for Afghan leaders and regional and international analysts.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations stated that another 67 children who were being smuggled by human traffickers and migrants out of the country in border areas between Iran and Afghanistan were detained by Iranian border guards and handed over to Afghan security forces.
Zabiullah Rahmatzadeh, director of immigration at the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations, said: “These people were going to Iran from Nimroz via Zahedan; fortunately, we handed them back to their families.”…