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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday met children who had been rescued by authorities before carrying out suicide bombings they had been groomed to do by the Taliban,the Presidents office said in a statement.
Karzai ordered that the younger children be sent back to their parents immediately and said the older ones would be returned to their homes after education and reintegration programs.
There is no bigger crime than to fasten explosives to a child and tell him to go and commit suicide,you will be saved and shrapnel will kill others, Karzai said.
He added: Those curs tell lies and by their lies they try to kill children of this nation and draw a bad image of Islam.
Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak told Reuters last week that there was an increase in suicide bomb attacks across the country in recent months.
Explaining the increase,Wardak said: Suicide bombers are more suitable,they are more easy because they dont need many resources,or that much expenditure. But they do need a lot of crafty planning,there is no doubt about it. They also make spectacular news and can change the perception (of the war) very easily.
