A new study by Save the Children has founded that almost half of the 300,000 children fighting in wars today are girls–some of whom are as young as eight years old. The report titled “Forgotten Casualties of War” says the girls are often abducted, raped and used as currency among fighters. Girls have been found fighting in a number of countries including Columbia, Pakistan, Uganda, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mike Aaronson, of Save the Children, said “When people picture conflict they think of men in bloody combat, but it’s girls who are the horrifying and hidden face of war.”