An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a Taliban spokesman said Monday. The mine, which the children found near ...

Landmines and other explosives left behind after decades of war killed at least 92 people and injured 379 others in Afghanistan last year.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated on Sunday that Afghanistan has become one of the most heavily mine-affected countries globally, posing a significant threat to the ...

The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the devices that kills a child every other day in ...

Afghanistan's rocky landscape contains underground minerals estimated to be worth a trillion dollars - Copyright AFP Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN Afghanistan's rocky landscape ...

Four miners in northern Afghanistan were suffocated to death by fumes this week while digging for gemstones, a local official told AFP on Saturday. "The incident occurred in Khash District of ...

Children gather around a crater after Afghan deminers from the Halo Trust detonated an anti-tank mine in Ghazni province - Copyright AFP Wakil KOHSAR Children gather ...