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Juma Gul, the Afghan boy who says militants tried to trick him into executing a suicide attack against U.S. soldiers, sits atop a table surrounded by tribal elders as his story was retold. A U.S. Army officer called the Taliban's tactic "a cowardly act," and Afghan elders clicked their tongues as their eyes welled up with tears.

Juma Gul, the Afghan boy who says militants tried to trick him into executing a suicide attack against U.S. soldiers, sits atop a table surrounded by tribal elders as his story was retold. A U.S. Army officer called the Taliban's tactic "a cowardly act," and Afghan elders clicked their tongues as their eyes welled up with tears.

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