Mine blast kills 2 children in E. Afghanistan

GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, April 11: Two children were killed as a mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.

A group of children found a toy-like device in the Gulzar Borjagi village of Nahoor district on Monday afternoon and began playing with it, but the device exploded, killing two children on the spot, the news agency added.