According to the authorities, the kids were between the ages of four and 10. There were five girls and four boys.
A provincial official reported that a landmine planted during the decades-long battle in the nation caused an explosion in southeast Afghanistan that claimed the lives of at least nine youngsters.
In the Geru area of Ghazni province on Sunday, a group of young boys and girls were playing with a mine when it exploded, according to Hamidullah Nisar, the provincial head of the information and culture department.
“An unexploded mine left over from the time of the Russian invasion went off when they were playing with it,” Nisar claimed.
“Unfortunately, it killed nine children.”
The youngsters, four boys and five girls, were between the ages of four and 10, according to Ghazni police.
Unexploded mines, shells, and mortars from decades of combat, including the Soviet invasion in 1979, the ensuing civil war, and the 20-year Taliban insurgency against governments supported by foreign powers, are strewn throughout parts of Afghanistan.
Since the Taliban took control in August 2021 and put an end to their fighting, there has been a significant decrease in violence.
Nonetheless, unexploded bombs and mines continue to take life on a regular basis; the International Committee of the Red Cross reports that children are the primary casualties.
On Sunday, local authorities posted on social media platform X, which was formerly Twitter, that an unexploded ordnance went detonated in Herat province, resulting in the death of another kid and the injuries of five others.
SOURCE: TRTWORLD
