KABUL: Three accidental explosions in the Afghan capital have left six people dead and more than 20 wounded, including some counter narcotics police, officials said Monday.
A policeman dropped a rocket-propelled grenade that exploded as his unit set off from Kabul on Monday on an opium poppy eradication mission north of the city, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary.
One policeman was killed and at least eight were wounded, said Dr. Ahmad Zia Aftali, chief of the hospital where the injured were taken for treatment.
Also Monday, three children died and two others were wounded when an old artillery shell they were playing with exploded, Bashary said.
Accidental explosions kill 6; wound more than 20 in Afghanistan
KABUL: Three accidental explosions in the Afghan capital have left six people dead and more than 20 wounded, including some counter narcotics police, officials said Monday.
A policeman dropped a rocket-propelled grenade that exploded as his unit set off from Kabul on Monday on an opium poppy eradication mission north of the city, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary.
One policeman was killed and at least eight were wounded, said Dr. Ahmad Zia Aftali, chief of the hospital where the injured were taken for treatment.
Also Monday, three children died and two others were wounded when an old artillery shell they were playing with exploded, Bashary said.
