BAGRAM, Afghanistan — Born a 12 months after the Sept. 11, 2001, assaults, Esmatullah Omari grew as much as despise America. At 12, he was skilled by the Taliban to plant roadside bombs. At 16, he was attacking army convoys close to Bagram airfield, the biggest U.S. army base in Afghanistan and the epicenter of America’s longest struggle.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/young-taliban-afghanistan-fighters/2021/11/12/94c31236-3cad-11ec-bd6f-da376f47304e_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world | Why some younger males who had been born earlier than the Sept. 11 assaults have joined the Taliban