Four Children Killed or Injured in Unexploded Ordnance Blast in Eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Two children were killed and two others injured in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, on Tuesday, according to local Taliban authorities.

The blast occurred in the Dara-e-Nur district while the children were playing with the device, said Sayed Tayeb Hamad, a spokesperson for the Taliban’s provincial security command.