The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Two children were killed and four others were injured in separate explosions involving unexploded ordnance in Ghazni province, according to the Taliban’s police command in the province.
The first incident occurred Saturday afternoon in Noghie village, in the fourth security district of Ghazni city, when five children were playing with an old unexploded device, the Taliban police command said in a statement.
The explosion killed two children and injured three others, according to the statement. Security forces arrived at the scene, transported the injured children to Ghazni Civil Hospital and handed the bodies of those killed to their families.
The Taliban police command attributed the incident to carelessness while handling the unexploded device.
In a separate incident in Mir Hassan village in Qarabagh district, a 12-year-old girl was injured when an unexploded projectile detonated, according to the statement. Her condition was reported to be stable.
The incidents highlight the continuing risk posed by unexploded ordnance to children and civilians in parts of Afghanistan.
