BOXING star Amir Khan has branded the Taliban "disgusting" for executing its own people in the Peshawar school massacre.

The Bolton fighter said the Islamic fundamentalists have "no brains" and that their actions were damaging Pakistan.

Amir has plans to visit the country in the next two weeks and said he wants to "rebuild" the school affected.

The Taliban attack on the Army Public school in Peshawar on Tuesday - since dubbed "Pakistan's 9/11" - killed 148 people, 132 of them children.

Amir was speaking in the wake of his victory over Devon Alexander in Las Vegas on Saturday.

He said: "I don’t have family there but it hurt me as a father with a little girl.

"Innocent kids were killed over nothing. The Taliban are killing their own people – these people have no brains and I can’t believe people would do something like this.

"It upsets me – it’s disgusting seeing things like that. It is putting Pakistan back. It is a nice country but things like this don’t help.

"I am going to go there in the next couple of weeks."

Six Taliban gunmen struck on December 16, opening fire on the children at the school, sparking a three-day period of mourning.

The death toll initially stood at 141, but more bodies were later found under debris, including that of the school's headteacher.

Some female teachers were reportedly burned alive. It is believed that all the Taliban fighters involved were killed.

In the wake of the horrific attacks, Pakistan has resumed its use of the death penalty, which had stopped in 2008, despite pressure from the United Nations.

Amir added that he hopes he is a role model for Pakistani people.

He said: "There are not many role models in Pakistan so I try to be one.

"I give all my fight footage free to them and I want kids to look at me as a good Pakistani and a good Muslim, then they can do it.

"I want them to look up to people like me doing well.

"It is tough being high profile and a Muslim.

"Boxing has educated me with the pressures it brings as a role model."

And Amir plans to visit the stricken region in the coming days.

He added: "Some people wouldn’t even talk about subjects like this but I am honest and speak my mind when things like this happen.

"You cannot hide away in life, you have to do what you can to help.

"I have family out there and the people love the boxing.

"I like to take time out to do charity work there and I want to rebuild that school that has been affected."