3 killed, 2 injured in unexploded ordnance blast in N. Afghanistan

KABUL:Three children have been confirmed dead and two others were injured as an unexploded device went off in north Afghanistan's Sari Pul province, a local police official said.

The incident took place in the province's Sayad district Friday morning when the children found a device, which had been left over from past wars and played with it.

The device exploded, killing the three kids on the spot and injuring two others, said Naqibullah Alamyar, spokesman for the provincial police.

The health condition of one of the two injured was reported as critical.

A total of 292 people lost their lives following blasts of landmines and explosive remnants of war in the first six months of 2024, 88 percent of whom were children, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported.

War-ravaged Afghanistan is reportedly one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world, with dozens of people, mostly children, being killed and maimed every month.

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