Kabul, December 7 – Three labourers died after an unexploded device from past conflicts detonated in Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan. Provincial police spokesperson Saeed Tayeb Hamad provided this information on Sunday.
The explosion occurred at a scrap shop in the Kama district. The labourers were working at the site on Saturday afternoon when the device went off, resulting in the immediate death of three workers.
According to a Xinhua news agency report, the police have urged the public to report any suspicious objects or items they come across to security authorities.
Earlier in November, a similar incident in Rodat district of Nangarhar province claimed the life of one person. Post-war Afghanistan remains one of the most heavily mined countries globally. Unexploded bombs left over from more than four decades of conflict continue to cause casualties, particularly among children.
On December 1, provincial police spokesperson Belal Uruzgani reported that three teenagers were killed by an unexploded bomb in Uruzgan province of southern Afghanistan. The victims, aged between 13 and 18, were playing with the device in the Shirkhani area when it exploded.
Other explosions involving unexploded ordnance in southern Kandahar and northern Balkh provinces have resulted in four deaths, including children, and nine injuries. On November 26, provincial police announced that in Balkh province’s Nahri Shahi district, three children died and two were injured when an unexploded device they found detonated while they were playing with it.
On November 14, a similar incident in Badghis province of western Afghanistan led to the deaths of three children. Police spokesperson Sedikullah Sediki said the children found a device resembling a toy and were playing with it when it exploded suddenly.
Media reports state that in 2024, unexploded ordnance explosions across Afghanistan caused 137 deaths and injured over 330 people. Among the deceased were 125 children, 10 men, and two women, while the injured included 264 children, 53 men, and 16 women.
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