1st LD Writethru: blast kills 3 children, wounds 4 in S. Afghanistan
Xinhua, July 1, 2015 Adjust font size:
Three children were killed and four others injured as a bomb blast hit Panjwai district of the southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, a local official Fazal Mohammad Ishaqzai said.
"A group of children were playing on a ground in Zangiabad area of Panjwai district today morning when a mine left over from the past wars exploded killing three innocent children on the spot and injuring four others," Ishaqzai told Xinhua.
The war-torn Afghanistan is one the most mine contaminated country in the world as thousands of mines and unexploded ordnances have been left over from the past nearly four decades of war and unexploded ordnances usually claim civilian lives including children. Endi