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Life Under Islamic State: Abducted, Trained and Forced to Fight

Heather Murdock

   KHANKE, IRAQ - As Islamic State militants lost their territorial
   holdings in Iraq and Syria, VOA chronicled the events through the words
   of the victims, in a 12-part series called "Life Under Islamic State."

   Now we bring you voices of victims who were silenced until recently.
   Officials estimate nearly 3,000 Yazidi people remain missing after
   being captured and enslaved by IS.

   When Daoud was 15, he was kidnapped, trained and forced to fight for
   the militant group. He was imprisoned after the final battles. These
   are his words, told to us in the tent where he lives with his brother
   in an informal refugee camp. They are are translated into English and
   edited for clarity.

   It was August 3, 2014 and we were preparing to flee when the militants
   captured us. My sister, mother, father and five of my brothers are
   still missing.

   The IS fighters told my father and older brothers that they must
   convert to Islam. Then, they took my family away and sent me to a
   school in Tal Afar, Iraq. It was called the Sharia Institute, and it
   mostly taught religion.

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