2 Afghan children killed in landmine explosion in W. Afghanistan

QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan –Two children have been killed in a landmine explosion in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis, local police said Tuesday. 

The explosion occurred in a village of Qadis district, east of provincial capital Qala-e-Naw city on Monday evening after one of the victims step on an improvised explosive device (IED), provincial police spokesman Naqibullah Amini told Xinhua. 

The police spokesman blamed the Taliban militant group for planting the landmine on the dusty road. 
The victims were two teenage boys aged 11 and 13, according to police spokesman. 

Taliban militants and Islamic State (IS) militants have been using IEDs to make roadside bombs and landmines for targeting security forces, but the lethal home-made weapons also inflict casualties on civilians. 

On Friday, eight children were killed and six others wounded in a similar incident in neighboring Faryab province. Enditem 
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