Monday, August 22, 2011 – Officials in Afghanistan National Directorate of Security (NDS) highlighted the need for formation of a special tribunal mainly for trial of terrorists.
The officials in the Afghan intelligence organization also expressed concerns over lenient articles in the penal code that can avoid insurgents to face required punishments.
This comes as recently National Directorate of Security (NDS), detained a number of other insurgents, who were looking to carry out insurgency activities.
National Directorate of Security (NDS) also announced that they have recently detained a number of suicide bombers aged between 11 to 12 years,which has been described as something unprecedented.
The officials in NDS Department said, these kids were trained and instructed in seminaries in Pakistan to carry out suicide attacks in their home country.
National Directorate of Security spokesman, Lotfullah Mashal said, “During the government of Dr Najibullah there was a special tribunal for Mujahedeen. They would hang Mujahedeen members right after their capture. There should be a similar tribunal for terrorists.”
According to statistics issued by the NDS department, around 2,200 insurgents have been detained and imprisoned by the Afghan security forces during the past one year.
