9 children killed, 4 injured in explosion in eastern Afghanistan

At least nine children were killed and four others injured when an explosive remnant of war accidentally detonated outside a school in eastern Nangarhar province.

The provincial governor’s office said in a statement the incident in Lalpur district occurred near a school in the Nangarhar State, when a local a corn seller  tried to pull it out of the underground there, killing the nine children.

E.M