Read the grisly details here from the Telegraph. Excerpts below.
Taliban 'hanged boy, 12, for spying for UK'
By Tom Coghlan in Kabul
Last Updated: 2:13am GMT 10/12/2007
Taliban fighters hanged a 12-year-old boy from a mulberry tree, claiming he was passing information on Taliban roadside bomb attacks to police and British forces, Afghan police have said.
The gruesome murder, which occurred in Sangin, an area held by British forces since driving out the Taliban in April, sparked outrage among politicians, who accused the al-Qaeda-linked militant group of atrocities against villagers. It was the second execution of a child attributed to the Taliban in three months.
"If this is true and the age is right it is an unforgettable crime," said Haji Mohammed Anwar Khan, the head of Helmand provincial council.
Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, also accused the Taliban of hanging a 15-year-old boy above a gas stove and lighting the flame beneath him, burning him alive, but it was unclear if he was referring to the same incident.
The incident occurred in an area frequently rocked by roadside bomb attacks on British and Afghan forces.
"Often when the Taliban put the bombs, local people were informing us," the commander said. "We do have spies in the area and that is how we were able to clear the bombs.
"But this boy was not one of our spies. There was no trial of the boy. They just took him and hanged him. He was just a normal boy."
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