| 词条 | Wasil Ahmad |
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| name = Wasil Ahmad واصل احمد | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = c. 2005 | birth_place = Urozgan Province Afghanistan | death_date = February 2016 (aged 11) | death_place = Kandahar | nationality = Afghan, Pashtun | employer = Afghan Government | ethnicity = | citizenship = Afghanistan | home_town = Uruzgan, Afghanistan | religion = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = }}Wasil Ahmad (c. 2005 – February 2016) was an Afghan child soldier, who is best known for commanding a police unit and his subsequent killing by the Taliban when he was eleven years old.[1] His uncle Samad, trained him "in the use of AK-47 and PK machine guns, rockets and mortars as well as satellite phones and VHF radios."[1] UpbringingWasil Ahmad was born in Uruzgan province. The region has been described as "long... a centre of conflict;" Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar was born there, and the later president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, led the first Pashtun revolt against the Taliban there in 2001.[2] Ahmad's father had previously been killed fighting the Taliban, and his son later said that seeking revenge for his father's death was his main motivation in going to war.[1][3] Ahmad's uncle was the Afghan Local Police commander in Khas Uruzgan District, Uruzgan province. He had previously been a Taliban commander, but had changed sides in 2012, and was now fighting for the Afghan government.[4] In summer 2015, Khas Uruzgan- his area of control- was besieged by the Taliban, and Samad was injured. Ahmad subsequently took command of his uncle's unit.[1][5] SiegeAt the height of the Dan Sango[3] siege, Ahmad was commanding 75 pro-government soldiers against an attacking force of approximately "hundreds" of Taliban.[1] The siege itself lasted for 71 days, and Ahmad commanded his squad for 43 of them.[1] He fired both mortars and rockets as well as machine guns from the compound roof.[2] As well as physical fighting, Ahmad was also responsible for communications with the outside world, and the point of contact for the Afghan special forces.[3] When the latter raised the siege in August 2015,[3] Ahmad and 35 surviving soldiers were airlifted out by Afghan and NATO helicopters[6] to Tarin Kowt.[1] According to Samad, the authorities "praised him and his nephew Wasil as heroes."[1] MurderFollowing the siege, Ahmad enrolled into school in the fourth-grade,[6] whilst also receiving private tuition at home.[1] He improved his English, although was not "a good student" – possibly, a neighbour later commented, because he had been "highly encouraged by police officials and awarded medals for his bravery" and only "wanted to play with weapons and drive police vehicles as a hobby."[6] He was authorised to carry a pistol to school.[3] On Monday, 1 February 2015, at the local bazaar,[2] on his way to school,[7] he was shot twice[2] in the head by masked gunmen in a motorbike drive-by shooting, in what has been called a "targeted assassination".[3] He later died in a Kandahar hospital[1] and was buried in the local Shahidano cemetery.[6] ControversyFollowing Ahmad's death, there was controversy as to his precise position in the besieged force. Samad stressed that Ahmad was merely "defending his family,"[1] whilst Samad recovered from injuries he had already received.[8] The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, however, said that, since he had been supplied with a gun and a police uniform, this was in breach of anti-child-soldiering laws.[1] The Commission also suggested that the police had themselves endangered Ahmad's life by lauding him as a hero. They had garlanded him 'with plastic flowers'[2] and even held a program at Police headquarters "where his bravery and courage was talked about by officials."[8] The government Ministry of Interior Affairs also denied that child soldiers were used by government forces; conversely, the charity Child Soldiers International has also claimed that both sides used them.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/asia/afghanistan-boy-hero-taliban-killed/index.html|title=Wasil Ahmad, 11, who fought Taliban, gunned down|first=Masoud Popalzai|last=CNN|publisher=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Wasil}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/wasil-ahmad-taliban-assassinate-afghanistans-10-year-old-hero-of-uruzgan-siege-a6851536.html|title=Assassinated: The little boy who became a hero of Afghanistan’s resistance against Taliban|date=3 February 2016|publisher=}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/wasil-ahmad-12-year-old-hero-uruzgan-siege-gunned-down-n510351|title=Siege 'Hero,' 12, Gunned Down by Taliban|publisher=}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/12138422/Afghan-boy-who-was-declared-a-hero-for-fighting-the-Taliban-gunned-down-on-his-way-to-school.html|title=Afghan boy who was declared a hero for fighting the Taliban gunned down on his way to school|publisher=}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://time.com/4205401/taliban-afghanistan-wasil-ahmad/|title=Taliban Kills 10-Year-Old Soldier Hailed as War Hero|first=Melissa|last=Chan|publisher=}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-child-soldiers.html|title=Taliban Gun Down 10-Year-Old Militia Hero in Afghanistan|date=3 February 2016|work=The New York Times}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/04/10-year-old-hero-who-fought-against-taliban-assassinated-on-his-way-to-school/|title=10-year-old 'hero' who fought against Taliban assassinated on his way to school|publisher=}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/03/wasil-ahmad-the-10-year-old-hero-murdered-by-the-taliban|title=Wasil Ahmad: the 10-year-old 'hero' murdered by the Taliban|first=Emma|last=Graham-Harrison|date=3 February 2016|publisher=|via=The Guardian}} 6 : 2016 deaths|Afghan children|Victims of the Taliban|Year of birth uncertain|Child soldiers|People from Urozgan Province |
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