Four Afghan civilians killed by landmine
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Four civilians driving southwest of Kabul were killed after a landmine exploded underneath their car. The head of criminal investigation in the Kabul police force, Ali Shah Paktiawal issued the following statement on the matter: "It was an old landmine that exploded in the Char Asiab District this morning and killed four people. It was not a roadside bomb or a recently planted mine."
There are over 100,000 unexploded landmines in Afghanistan, planted in recent and older conflicts by the Soviet military and the Taliban. An average of sixty people a month are killed by mines.
Sources
- "Landmine kills four Afghan civilians" — Australian Associated Press, November 26, 2007
- Hamid Shalizi. "Landmine kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan" — Reuters, 26 November, 2007