GARDEZ, Afghanistan, Jan 27 (NNN-BNA) – A child lost his life and five others sustained injuries, as an explosive device left over from past wars went off, in Zazai Aryub district of eastern Afghanistan’s Paktia province, yesterday, provincial police spokesman, Munib Zadran, said today.
The kids found a toy-like object and began playing with it, but the device exploded, killing the child on the spot and injuring the five others, the official said, adding that, three of the wounded are in critical condition.
The war-torn Afghanistan is one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world, with dozens of people, mostly children, being killed or maimed every month, due to the blasts of explosive devices, left over from wars in the past decades.
According to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, released in Oct last year, 292 people lost their lives in blasts of landmines and explosive remnants, in the first six months of 2024, in Afghanistan.– NNN-BNA
