Skip to content or view screen version

The picture which shames US army

al jazeera | 17.10.2003 01:50 | Anti-militarism | London

A secretly taken picture of an American soldier frisking an Afghan child has shocked human rights campaigners across the world.



Taken by a strategically-placed camera, and using a telephoto lens, the undercover photographer snapped a four-year-old child having his clothing searched by a heavily armed US soldier.

Taliban fighters

The child and his friends were playing in the village of Zermit in Paktika when American soldiers, hunting for Taliban fighters, arrived.

al jazeera
- Homepage: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A3BAAADE-2A12-4F4C-A8B6-BB616AF33F30.htm

Comments

Display the following 2 comments

  1. we thought he had a gun in his pocket sir! — prefer to be anonymouse on this issue
  2. Smiling? — Sonic