The orders from their religious teacher were clear: Strap on a suicide vest and kill foreign forces. Fazel Rahman (shown) and three other would-be bombers headed into eastern Afghanistan, where they were arrested by intelligence officials and sent to a juvenile detention center instead.
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Locked up
Here, alleged Afghan child suicide bombers Neyaz Mohammad, in orange, and Fazel Rahman, in green, are shown in line before they come back to their cells at the Kabul Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Prison life
Part of life in a detention center is being searched by the guards.
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Feelings
… of loneliness plague many children. This boy misses his family, saying: "I want to go home."
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Dinner
Some of the children were bought by the Taliban. Their parents couldn't afford to feed them. But in prison, they get fed.
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Preparing for the future
In a prison school, children can study to learn a profession or manual skills, so that when they are released, they have the opportunity to start over.
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Playing games
In their free time the children play karambol, a favorite board game in Afghanistan. Even in prison, kids will be kids...
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Hopes upon hopes
Many of the children pray five times a day; they say God's help gets them through the day.
