At least nine children were killed in southeastern Afghanistan Sunday when a landmine, laid during decades of war in the country, exploded, a local official said Monday.
The mine went off as a group of young boys and girls were playing with it in the Geru district of Ghazni province Sunday, said the provincial head of the information and culture department, Hamidullah Nisar.
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Source: Daily Sabah
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