KABUL, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A child was killed and six others sustained injuries after two unexploded device left over from the wars went off in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday, provincial director for information and culture Mullah Abdul Bari Rashid said Sunday.
In the first gruesome incident, which occurred in Sangin district on Saturday afternoon after three innocent children found a toy-like object and begun playing with, but the device exploded, killing a child on the spot and injuring two others, the official added.
The second incident, which took place hours later in the same district on the same day, left four children injured, the official confirmed without providing more details.
Afghanistan has been regarded as one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world, as the mines and unexploded devices left over from the past more than four decades of war and civil strife often target people, mostly civilians, including innocent children, in the post-war nation. Enditem
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