Blast kills 9 school children in Afghanistan's Takhar province
Published : 02 Nov 2019, 23:30
DF-Xinhua Report
njured men receive medical treatment at a local hospital in Pul-e-Khumri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2019. At least 11 people, including two security personnel, were injured as a blast rocked the capital of northern Baghlan province on Saturday, provincial police spokesman Jawed Basharat said. Photo by Sahel/Xinhua.
A bomb blast claimed the lives of nine school children in Darqad district of northern Afghanistan's Takhar province on Saturday, said a statement of the provincial police.
"The terrorists planted a mine on a road in Tahiri village and the device went off at around 09:00 a.m. local time, killing nine students of a primary school and wounding another," the statement said.
Darqad district has been the scene of fierce fighting between government forces and the Taliban fighters over the past couple of months.
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