The children — five girls and four boys — were aged from four to ten years old, police say.
Parts of Afghanistan are littered with unexploded mines, shells and mortars from decades of conflict. / Photo: Reuters
The mine went off as a group of young boys and girls were playing with it in the Geru district of Ghazni province on Sunday, said the provincial head of the information and culture department, Hamidullah Nisar. Parts of Afghanistan are littered with unexploded mines, shells and mortars from decades of conflict, from the Soviet invasion in 1979, the civil war that followed, and the 20-year Taliban insurgency against foreign-backed governments.
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