Unexploded Ordnance Blast Kills 9 Children in Afghanistan
2 Apr 2024 07:58
Islam Times - Nine children lost their lives after an unexploded ordnance left over from past wars went off in east Afghanistan's Ghazni province, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Monday.
The incident occurred in the Zadran area, Geero district of the province, after the children aged between four and 10 found the device on Sunday afternoon and began playing with it, but the device exploded suddenly, killing the nine kids on the spot, Bakhtar quoted Mullah Hamidullah Nisar, director of the information and culture department of Ghazni, as saying.
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