Taliban Army Grows With Suicide Schools in Pakistan

Twenty young boys were rescued from a secret indoctrination camp in Pakistan. They were among hundreds recruited by the Taliban to become trained suicide bombers. Some of the boys are as young as nine years old.

The rescued youths spoke about the details of how they were trained to become part of the Taliban jihad army. According to their accounts, more than a thousand children may be in training in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan. Many of the children were rescued by the army in a national `search and sweep` operation, while others were exposed to the army by worried parents, according to The Independent.

Poverty seems to be a driving force in the  expansion of the Taliban army:

The boys are deeply indoctrination to hate Western countries and the Pakistan army for siding with them. They are taught that these parties are the enemies of Islam, and the fight against them is just. They were even told that it would be right to kill their parents if they tried to thwart the boys in their mission.

The Taliban divides its army into grades: the street-smart boys are trained as informers, the more athletic among them are trained as Taliban fighters, while the less intelligent and easily manipulated are chosen to join the ranks of Taliban suicide bombers.