https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/taliban-denies-ordering-10-year-old-girl-to-carry-out-suicide-bombing-on-helmand-checkpoint-9047659.html
The statement comes a day after the girl, who is known only as Spozhmai, said she refused to carry out an attack in Helmand province after her brother allegedly dressed her in a vest packed with explosives and sent her to a checkpoint.
According to a police commander, border police in the southern Afghan province had arrested the girl’s father, Abdul Ghfar, and were said to be searching for her brother, Zahir.
The girl was detained on Monday and said that her brother Zahir is a Taliban commander.
However, Qari Yousef Ahamdi, a spokesman from the Taliban, dismissed the story as government propaganda and denied that the group was involved in the alleged plot.
“We never do this, especially with girls,” he said.