Such incidents have become a regular occurrence in Afghanistan due to the remnants of the war.
Kabul:
A child was killed and another injured after an explosive device left over from an earlier conflict exploded in Deyak district in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province, Khaama Press reported Monday.
The explosive was discovered on Sunday by two children, aged 9 and 12, who tried to take it home.
However, a regional official said the explosive detonated abruptly, killing one of the children instantly and seriously injuring the other.
Such incidents have become a regular occurrence in Afghanistan due to the remnants of the war.
Two sisters have already died in a similar event in the Afghan region of Nangarhar.
A second incident on May 9 in southern Kandahar province killed three children from the same family, Khaama Press reported.
The event took place in the Haji Aziz district of Kandahar City when the children discovered the deadly mine left behind from previous battles.
The mine burst when the siblings played with it, killing all three.
Unexploded bombs from previous battles have been found all over the country in recent years, killing and injuring men, women and even children.
International organizations, including Australia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), have made contributions to supporting mine clearance in the country since last November, according to Khaama Press.
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