Not very surprising to me at all.It is very common in Afghanistan for main force Taliban fighters to come into villages and either force or pay men to fight with them temporally.If the village has middle of the road feelings payment is enough.Obliviously a Taliban supporting village is already in the network but they could also convince men form them with payment or just by asking.
I read in a book about a US Marines operation held back in 2007.In the insuring battle the Marines destroyed the main force Taliban unit they where after.The Marines Afghan translators snooping on Taliban radio nets discovered that the survivors had employed some men from a near by village to fight with them when they got the chance they stopped the truck and split leaving the AKs behind.
Others can be convinced to do suicide attacks because the money is worth more to the family the person is or they see it this way.
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