In a world where the Taliban roams, it can be a scary place. For 10 year old Spozhmai, being forced by your brother, a Taliban commander, to wear a suicide vest is even scarier.
According to According to Daily Times , the young girl told police officials that her brother told her to go to the district of Khanashin and detonate the vest near a police checkpoint after fighting with her stepmother. The trigger button didn’t work in a stroke of luck.
Officials have said that Spozhmai has had variations in her story numerous times. She claimed that she dropped the vest in a river, and her brother ran. Spozhmai also claims that she returned home and changed after falling into the river and being detained, however it is not known why police would allow her to leave.
Although the Taliban denies it, children are being used as suicide bombers. Young boys are mostly common. They are bribed with food because they are starving, or given drugs for easy compliance. Most importantly, they are told that they will go to paradise.
Spozhmai will continue to be detained until her brother and father are found. According to Times of India, she does not want to return home in fear that her brother and father will kill her.