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2 Afghan children killed in landmine explosion in W. Afghanistan
QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Two children have
been killed in a landmine explosion in Afghanistan’s western province of
Badghis, local police said Tuesday.
The explosion occurred in a village of Qadis district, east of provincial
capital Qala-e-Naw city on Monday evening after one of the victims step on an
improvised explosive device (IED), provincial police spokesman Naqibullah
Amini told Xinhua.
The police spokesman blamed the Taliban militant group for planting the
landmine on the dusty road.
The victims were two teenage boys aged 11 and 13, according to police
spokesman.
Taliban militants and Islamic State (IS) militants have been using IEDs to
make roadside bombs and landmines for targeting security forces, but the
lethal home-made weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.
On Friday, eight children were killed and six others wounded in a similar
incident in neighboring Faryab province.
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