Qaeda training six-year-olds to fight UK troops in Afghanistan

Remnants of al Qaeda and Taliban are recruiting youngsters to fight British troops in southern and eastern Afghanistan.

London, Aug.23 : Remnants of al Qaeda and Taliban are recruiting youngsters to fight British troops in southern and eastern Afghanistan.

The Sun has video evidence of six-year-old boys handling AK-47 assault rifles.

A video of the child recruits was posted this month on an al-Qaeda website, which has attracted ten million visitors since 2003.

Experts believe it was shot at a Taliban training camp over the border from Afghanistan in Uzbekistan. The camp is almost certainly run by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan - which is affiliated to al-Qaeda.

An accompanying message claims they are the next generation of Mujahideen fighters in training.

Military expert Chris Dobson has described this development as very worrying.

"Terrorist commanders are gambling on our troops fatally hesitating before pulling the trigger if confronted with a boy," he added.

Al-Qaeda warlord Osama Bin Laden made his own children take jihad training.

Using child soldiers is a crime under international law.

So far 47 British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.

ANI