GENEVA – *Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said theinternational terrorist networks recruit and train children to carry outeven suicide attacks, insisting that no place is safe in Afghanistan. *

Addressing the 37th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,Abdullah said the Afghan people’s human rights are being challenged byterror and armed groups, “who are in most operating from foreign-basedsanctuaries.”

He said civilians and the security forces are the main victims ofindiscriminate bombings and suicide attacks.

“No place is safe. Mosques, hospitals, schools, universities, mediacentres, markets and other soft targets are all vulnerable,” Abdullahstated.

He also said that Afghan children have been subject of various violations,displacement, lawlessness and poverty.

He said despite of weak infrastructures and closure of schools in restiveprovinces, currently more than nine million children are going to school.“Almost all children receive vaccination across the country and recruitmentof children in military formations is forbidden.”

However, he stated that Afghanistan is still facing numerous challengescaused by international terror networks “who recruit, train and deploychildren – even as suicide attackers.”

“Over the past 16 years, we have tried to change our children’s conditionfor the better through investment in education, health care, publicawareness and laws that protect and prevent abuse,” he said.