Five boys and four boys between the ages of five and ten years old were killed in the explosion. Afghanistan remains highly dangerous for children who collect scrap metal due to old landmines and explosive remnants of war.
Preliminary reports suggest that the soldiers encountered an activated landmine while on patrol, leading to an immediate evacuation for medical treatment. Two of the injured personnel were referred to a military hospital in Rajouri for specialised care.
The personnel was on patrol duty when he accidently stepped on to the landmine which exploded causing him injury. He was shifted to the hospital soon after.
The forest fires were brought under control, without a human loss, they said. Another massive fire broke out in the agriculture fields along International Border (IB) in the Jammu district.
Security forces neutralized landmine Sagarpur village in Bihar's Gaya.
Koraput, Mar 18: A member of a bomb disposal squad was killed, another critically injured and one more went missing when a landmine they were trying to defuse exploded in Odisha's Koraput district today.The team
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