OK thanks for that info Sir.
IMHO Do what you want with the adult s but spare the lives of the child soldiers there is still hope for them.
We are using a programme to help the child soldiers, since they have been witnessing acts of severe brutality from a very young age, it is highly unlikely that they may ever fully recover from their trauma. Like the 8 year old who was made to shoot a man through his head at point blank or the 12 year old who was made to behead a soldier.
Well, what the military and para-military are doing is caring for these children, as soon as they are brought in, they are given a "Parent", usually an enlisted man from the education corp who cares for the child, takes him with him where ever he goes, shows him around, feeds him, educates him. Children respond well to love and I feel proud to say that in bajaur, we have had a 100% success rate, among them were two suicide bombers(rescued during ops), aged 11 and 13, they were re-united with their families last year after about 5 months with us.
We have a boy with Down's Syndrome, he is in his early twenties, the Taliban made him dance in their gatherings to lighten the mood a bit, they jettisoned him from their pick up during a gun fight, since then he has been asking for his "Friends", he is being cared for by an officer and since then, both have become like father and son, but we have been unable to locate his family, for all we know, they could be dead.