(CNN)— An 11-year-old Afghan boy who had been praised for his
bravery in leading security forces in battle against the Taliban was
killed by the militants this week, Afghan authorities said.
Wasil Ahmad had commanded a police unit for 43 days as it fought
to repel a deadly 71-day Taliban siege last year, according to his
uncle Mullah Samad, an Afghan Local Police commander in the Khas
Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province.
Gunmen on motorbikes shot the boy in the head Monday at a market
in Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital of Uruzgan province, said Dost
Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for the province's governor.
Wasil was taken to a local hospital, then transferred to a better-
equipped hospital in Kandahar, where he died of his injuries, Nayab
said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing on its website
Monday.source CNN
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