9 years ago
Monday, December 17, 2012
Blast k***ls ten girls as they collect firewood near village
Ten girls have been k**led as they were collecting firewood outside their village in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.
The victims, aged between nine and 11 years old, were all from different families and two other girls were seriously injured and are in critical condition in hospital.
It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion - it could have been a bomb planted by Taliban insurgents or a landmine left over from decades of conflict.
They were walking through land near the porous border with Pakistan, which is infested with some of the world's most dangerous militant groups.
'Unfortunately, 10 little girls were k**led and two others wounded but we don't know whether it was planted by the Taliban,' said Ahmadzia Abdulzai, provincial government spokesman.
Women and children are often the victims of the war between the Taliban and U.S.-led NATO and Afghan forces, now in its eleventh year.
Many Afghans are growing increasingly worried that the nation could face another civil war or a major Taliban push to seize power again when most NATO combat troops withdraw by the end of 2014.
Meanwhile a blast in a market in northwest Pakistan killed at least 15 people, a security official said.
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