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Afghanistan rickshaw blast kills children in Taliban-controlled area
A bomb rigged to a rickshaw has killed at least 15 children and wounded 20 others in a Taliban-controlled area in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial official says.
Key points:
- A man driving a motorised rickshaw entered a village to sell goods
- Children flocked to him and a bomb exploded, killing 15
- But the Taliban says the explosion was caused by the remains of unexploded ordinance in the area
The bomb went off after a man driving a motorised rickshaw entered a village in the Gilan district to sell goods and was soon surrounded by children, according to Wahidullah Jumazada, spokesman for the Ghazni provincial governor.
He said the casualty toll could rise further.
Grim photographs shared by local officials showed a long line of bodies of young…
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