It Is Always The Young Who Do The Fighting, Killing, And Dying In Wars

Boy soldier: Private Anton Anderson, 18, serves with Charlie Company of Edinburgh-based 1 SCOTS, which advises the Afghan National Army

The Boy Soldier: Sent To Helmand When He Was Barely 18, He's Now Leading Men Twice His Age -- The Daily Mail

The youthful features and slight frame are those of a boy.

But Private Anton 'Ando' Anderson knows that, along with the gun in his hand, he carries the responsibilities of a man on his shoulders.

Just a month after his 18th birthday, he was sent to Afghanistan as a casualty replacement - and then volunteered to stay on.

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My Comment: He looks very young, but among the Taliban there have been children as young as 8 who have been injured and/or killed in firefights with Allied/Afghan soldiers.