Landmine leaves child dead, 3 wounded

TALUQAN (Pajhwok):  A child was killed and three others from a same family wounded in a mine blast in the Chah Aab district of northern Takhar province, the district chief said on Thursday.

Saif-ud-Din Mushtaq told Pajhwok Afghan News that the children were playing with mines when it exploded with a big bang.

He said it was a planted bomb which caused casualties. Hissam u Din’s son was killed while two other sons and a daughter wounded in the blast.

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