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Blast kills 1 child, injures 5 in E. Afghanistan

Gardez, Afghanistan, Jan 28 (UNI) A child lost his life and five others sustained injuries as an explosive device left over from past wars went off in Zazai Aryub district of eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province on Sunday, provincial police spokesman Munib Zadran said Monday.
The kids found a toy-like object and began playing with it but the device exploded, killing the child on the spot and injuring five others, the official said, adding that three of the wounded are in critical condition.
The war-torn Afghanistan is one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world with dozens of people, mostly children, being killed or maimed every month due to the blasts of explosive devices left over from wars in the past decades.
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