Maidan Shar (Afghanistan), Apr 2 (UNI) Two children were killed as a mortar mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province on Saturday, provincial police spokesman Yusuf Israr said Sunday.
The incident took place when children in Sayedabad district found a mortar mine on Saturday evening and began playing with it. The device suddenly exploded, killing two children of a family, the official told reporters.
This is the third blast of its kind, which has claimed the lives of innocent children in Afghanistan over the past six days.