According to local Taliban authorities, 2 young brothers died as a result of the explosion of a grenade, an unexploded explosive remnant of war, in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Officials say that the 2 children, 4 and 6 years old, died while they were playing with the hand grenade.
An official from the State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs claimed – at a celebration commemorating the International Day for Mine Awareness and Mine Action – that “landmines and explosive relics of war kill or maim more than 120 Afghans every month.”
