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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
KABUL, May 13 (Xinhua) — Two children were killed late on Monday when an explosive device left over from previous wars went off in Qadis district of Badghis province in western Afghanistan, a local police official said on Tuesday.
According to provincial police spokesman Sediqullah Sediqi, the children found a toy-like object and started playing with it. The device exploded, killing the children instantly.
In April, officials from the National Disaster Management Authority said about 1,150 square kilometers of Afghanistan remained contaminated by mines and unexploded explosive devices.
Afghanistan is one of the world’s most mine-contaminated countries, where dozens of people, mostly children, are killed and injured every month by unexploded ordnance left over from decades of war. –0–