HEART: At least six Afghan children were killed on Tuesday after a bomb exploded in central Afghanistan's impoverished Ghor province, officials said.
The children, aged between seven and 14, were grazing animals in Taywara district when they found the device partially buried under the mud, provincial spokesman Abdul Hai Khatibi told AFP.
As they pulled a wire attached to the weaponry, the explosion went off killing seven children, Khatibi said.
Provincial police chief Delawar Shah Delawar said six children were killed while one was critically wounded.
Delawar blamed the Taliban for planting the device, saying a group insurgents active in the district had attacked a nearby police checkpost two nights earlier.
This is the Taliban's work, they have repeatedly attacked police in this district recently. They fire rockets and use mines to target our police, he said.
Delawar added that security forces in the district were preparing to launch an operation to clear insurgents from the area.AFP
The children, aged between seven and 14, were grazing animals in Taywara district when they found the device partially buried under the mud, provincial spokesman Abdul Hai Khatibi told AFP.
As they pulled a wire attached to the weaponry, the explosion went off killing seven children, Khatibi said.
Provincial police chief Delawar Shah Delawar said six children were killed while one was critically wounded.
Delawar blamed the Taliban for planting the device, saying a group insurgents active in the district had attacked a nearby police checkpost two nights earlier.
This is the Taliban's work, they have repeatedly attacked police in this district recently. They fire rockets and use mines to target our police, he said.
Delawar added that security forces in the district were preparing to launch an operation to clear insurgents from the area.AFP
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