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Two Afghan children killed, another injured in unexploded ordnance explosion – Telangana Today

Two Afghan children killed, another injured in unexploded ordnance explosion – Telangana Today

The horrific incident, according to the official, took place in Nawar district on Wednesday afternoon when a group of children found a toy-like object and started playing with it, but the object exploded, killing two children on the spot and injuring another.

Release date – October 31, 2024, 6:05 PM


Two Afghan children killed, another injured in unexploded ordnance explosion – Telangana Today
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Kabul: Two children were killed and another suffered injuries when an unexploded ordnance left over from previous wars went off on Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, provincial police spokesman Khalid Sarhadi said on Thursday.

The horrific incident, according to the official, took place in Nawar district on Wednesday afternoon when a group of children found a toy-like object and started playing with it, but the object exploded, killing two children on the spot and injuring another.


A similar incident last week claimed the lives of three children and injured three others in Nawar’s neighboring Qara Bagh district, Xinhua news agency reported.

Afghanistan is one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world. Dozens of people, mostly children, are killed or maimed every month due to blasts from explosives left over from more than four decades of war and civil unrest.