10-year-old girl has been captured by the
police in Afghanistan after her attempts at
detonating the suicide vest strapped to her
body were unsuccessful.
apprehended by the police as she was about to
carry out a suicide attack against Afghan
border police in southern Helmand province.
The little girl who is thought to be the sister
of a prominent Taliban commander, was said
to be in a state of shock and confusion.
The Daily Mail reports :
In a statement, the Interior Ministry said the
girl claimed her brother, a local Taliban
commander, had sent her on the mission.
According to spokesman Sediq Sediqi, one of
the Afghan soldiers spotted the girl wearing a
suicide jacket.
But she was arrested before she could carry
the attack as she struggled to operate the
detonator.
The girl has now been transferred to the
provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.
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