Afghanistan Landmine Explosion Kills 10 Children [VIDEO]

By Vasudevan Sridharan: Subscribe to Vasudevan's | December 17, 2012 6:50 AM GMT

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Villagers with the shroud-wrapped bodies of the children killed in the school bombing
Daulatzai villagers with the shroud-wrapped bodies of the children killed in the school bombing (Reuters)

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At least 10 children, all girls, have been killed in a powerful landmine explosion in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar.

The girls were collecting firewood in Daulatzai village, Chaparhar district, when one of the victims stepped on a live landmine.

According to reports, the girls were aged between nine and 13. Two other girls were also severely injured in the blast and have been admitted to a nearby hospital.

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Security forces have rushed to the scene.

Several rural areas of Afghanistan are littered with landmines from 30 years of conflict.

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