http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghan-insurgents-hang-boy-aged-8-2325963.htmlInsurgents in southern Afghanistan hanged an 8-year-old boy six days after abducting him, the Afghan government has said.
The boy's captors had demanded that his father, a police officer, supply them with a police vehicle and he refused, said a statement from President Hamid Karzai's office on Sunday. The militants hanged the boy on Friday in Helmand province's Gereshk district.
"President Karzai both strongly condemns this act and rejects it as a brutal and cowardly crime that is not acceptable in any religion or culture," the statement said. It referred to the killers as "terrorists", but did not say if they belonged to the Taliban or another of the insurgent movements fighting foreign forces and their Afghan allies.
Kidnappings have become increasingly common in Afghanistan, both by criminal groups looking for ransoms and insurgents making a political statement. Most abductions are settled out of the public eye, with negotiations and cash payments.
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