"Why the disabled do Taliban's deadly work"

This is an article from today's Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper (Click the title of this post. The title links to the article.) Pretty unbelievable stuff...although I don't have a lot of time to comment on this, it does bring up some interesting questions about empowerment. Are these individuals doing this because they're being exploited? Are they doing it because they've lost hope? Or, even more disturbing, is it a subconscious, or even conscious, reaction against a society that demeans their social status and cannot provide adequate supports. Interesting theoretical implications here...more to come...