KABUL, Mar 13 (NNN-ANA) – Seven people, all members of the same family, were injured, as a device exploded in a house of Marja district of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Friday, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported yesterday.
Children of the family, according to the news agency, found a toy-like device, and took it to their house to play, but the device went off late Friday, injuring seven, including parents of the children.
Two of the injured children are in critical condition, according to the report.
This is the second blast that hurt Afghan civilians, including children, recently. In the previous similar incident, two children were injured in Maimana, the capital of northern Faryab province, on Friday.
The war-torn Afghanistan reportedly is one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world, as a large number of people, mostly children, either lose their lives or maimed due to blasts of unexploded devices, left over from the past wars.– NNN-ANA
