Fearing Jihadi influence, parents enrolling children outside Dir dist

The father was quoted as saying that he was taking his son hundreds of miles away from the influence of jihadi organisations. Hashim Hussain, opposition leader in the Dir District Assembly, took up the issue on the floor of the house a few days ago, demanding the district administration stop jihadi organisations from ruining the children8217;s future.

8220;I asked the assembly members if participation in jihad at such an early age guarantees a place in paradise 8230; no one responded to my question,8221; he said. Ten schoolchildren have been reported 8220;missing8221; from a school in the district and local policemen said they have started an investigation into the incidents. Hussain said the children were not given military training for jihad. The children are only given a suicide jacket to blow themselves up in public places, he said.