In brief
On Friday, a discovered unexploded ordnance detonated in Shapoli area, Dand Patan district of Paktia province, killing a child and wounding four. The incident underscores Afghanistan’s persistent contamination by landmines and old munitions. Only Xinhua reported the details.
A device left over from past wars detonated on Friday in the Shapoli area of Dand Patan district, Paktia province, eastern Afghanistan, killing a child and injuring four others, a provincial police spokesman said.
Munib Zadran, the police spokesman, explained that the children found the device and began playing with it, but the device exploded, killing one child on the spot and injuring four others.
The explosion involved unexploded ordnance, a legacy of more than four decades of successive wars and internal strife that has left Afghanistan one of the world’s most heavily contaminated countries.
Only Xinhua reported the incident.