Afghanistan: Inside a school for suicide bombers

Posted 8 September 2010 7:45 GMT

Countries	Afghanistan
Topics	Film, Religion, Youth
Languages	Farsi

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The Republic of Silence has shared [fa] a video from film maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. How does the Taliban convince children to become suicide bombers? Propaganda footage from a training camp in Pakistan is intercut with interviews of young camp graduates.

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