Pak militants coerce kids to carry out attacks: US report

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani militant groups are using children to act as spies, fight and carry out suicide bombings, a report released by the US State Department said. “Non-state militant groups kidnap children or coerce parents with fraudulent promises into giving away children as young as 12 to spy, fight, or die as suicide bombers in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” the ‘Trafficking in Persons’ report said. It said that militants often sexually and physically abuse the children and use psychological coercion to convince them the acts they commit are justified. The report said news organisations, NGOs, and international organisations reported that the 2010 floods contributed to increased trafficking in Pakistan. The report also highlighted the sex trafficking problem in Pakistan. It said the largest human trafficking problem is concentrated in Sindh and Punjab. Full Story>>