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Thursday, January 29, 2004
Losing battle to rescue child soldiers - Asia Times
"India does it. So do Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Indonesia, the Philippines, East Timor and several Central Asian states. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has labeled the practice one of the most morally reprehensible acts of systematic abuse worldwide, and even took the extraordinary step of publicly naming the culprits last year. Yet at least 100,000 Asian children as young as eight are still being coerced to fight for government armies and armed rebel movements."
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