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Landmine Explosion Kills Eleven In Syria

Landmine Explosion Kills Eleven In Syria

No fewer than eleven people were killed and dozens left wounded when their pick-up truck ran over a landmine near Syria’s southern city of Daraa, a war monitor disclosed on Sunday.

‘Eleven people, including five children under 16 and three women, were killed and around 34 people were injured’ in the explosion, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, adding that some were in critical condition.

Most of the victims were labourers harvesting wheat, Syria’s official SANA news agency disclosed.

The latest toll brings to 124 the total number of people killed by explosive remnants since the beginning of 2022, …

Nine Children Killed In Afghanistan Landmine Blast

Nine Children Killed In Afghanistan Landmine Blast

Nine children were killed when a planted roadside bomb exploded as they walked to schoolΒ in a northeastern province ofΒ Afghanistan, government and police officials said.

The blast happened in Darqad district of Takhar province on Saturday, when the children, aged between eight and 11, stepped on the bomb planted on a road in a Taliban-controlled village.

“In the morning on roadside, nine children were killed in a landmine blast placed by the Taliban. Three children, who were part of the group, are missing,” Jawad Hejri, a spokesman for the Takhar provincial governor, told Al Jazeera.

No group has claimed