Four suspected insurgents were trying to smuggle 41 children abroad , officials say . The Taliban has been fighting the government for more than a decade and is considered one of the most violent insurgent groups in Afghanistan. They have been returned to their families , the Interior Ministry says . Police handed the children back to their families after they were rescued in the Watapur district of Kunar province , he said . It 's not the first time police have caught children trying to be suicide bombers .
Four suspected insurgents were trying to smuggle 41 children abroad , officials say . The Taliban has been fighting the government for more than a decade and is considered one of the most violent insurgent groups in Afghanistan. They have been returned to their families , the Interior Ministry says . It 's not the first time police have caught children trying to be suicide bombers .