JALALABAD: Five children were wounded when a mortar shell exploded in eastern Ningarhar province on Monday. A correspondent of Afghan Islamic Press visited the area where five children were wounded in an explosion of mortar shell. Some children who were grazing their cattle found a mortar shell in Saracha area, 10 kilometer east of Jalalabad, and were playing with it when it exploded, leaving five children wounded, AIP correspondent said.He said the injured children were between the age of six to ten and were cousins who were rushed to hospital soon after the explosion. Earlier the local officials had disclosed the number of injured children as six.
| Important safety tip, kids! Do not play with the mortar shells. |