KABUL (Pajhwok): Five children have been killed in an unexploded device blast in central Maidan Wardak province says an official.
The blast happened in the Dasht-i-Top village of Sayed Abad district on Friday when the children were playing with the device.
Public Health Director Zarakullah Zeerak confirmed the casualties. He said two children wounded in the explosion were evacuated to the Emergency Hospital in Kabul in critical condition.
Afghanistan remains littered with landmines and other types of unexploded ordnance. Such devices continue to claim lives, including children’s.
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