Qalat, Afghanistan/UNI: One child was killed and three others were injured after a mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistans southern Zabul province, said a statement of the provincial Police office released here Saturday.
An unexploded mine, which had been left over from past wars, exploded in the Sarkhogan area of Shahjoy district on Friday, killing one child and injuring three others, the statement said.
A group of children from nomadic families was playing next to a tractor in a field when they found a toy-like device and played with it. It suddenly exploded, killing one and injuring three others.
A similar blast claimed the lives of two children and injured four others in the northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday.
Afghanistan reportedly is one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world as dozens of people, mostly children, are killed and maimed every month due to blasts of unexploded ordnances left over from the past four decades of wars and civil strife.
