Two children killed in mortar landmine explosion in Afghanistan

Kabul (IANS)| Two children were killed when a mortar landmine left over from previous wars exploded in Afghanistan’s eastern Wardak province. Provincial Police spokesman Yusuf Israr gave this information on Sunday. The incident took place when children in Sayeedabad district found a mortar mine on Saturday evening and started playing with it. The official told reporters that the device exploded suddenly, killing two children of the same family.

According to the report of Xinhua news agency, this is the third explosion of its kind in Afghanistan in the last six days, in which innocent children have lost their lives.

A similar explosion killed two children and injured four others in northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday, while another child lost his life and three others were injured.

–IANS