Child Soldiers Say Under IS, It Was Normal to Kill Someone

Recruited as a child soldier into Islamic State’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Lal Mohammed accompanied his elder teenage brother, Bakht e Ali and their father, Taweez Khan into the training and indoctrination for a promised life of religious glory. They lived for almost two years as members of the Wilayet e Khorasan, or Islamic State Khorasan Province, in Eastern Afghanistan. “I was nine years old when I was with them. Now I am 12. They used to show us videos on how to fight and...

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