Taliban militants have beheaded two children in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor's office has said

The beheadings occurred in Kandahar province, the provincial governor's office said. One of those slain was a 10-year-old boy. The other was age 16. A press release issued by the office said that the Islamic militants caught and beheaded the 10-year-old after he had collected food waste from a trash bin in the area of a security checkpoint. There were no immediate details about the 16-year-old.