Four Afghan civilians killed by landmine
{{date|November 26, 2007}}

Four civilians driving southwest of [[w:Kabul|Kabul]] were killed after a [[w:landmine|landmine]] exploded underneath their car. The head of criminal investigation in the Kabul police force, Ali Shah Paktiawal issued the following statement on the matter: "It was an old landmine that exploded in the [[w:Char Asiab District|Char Asiab District]] this morning and killed four people. It was not a roadside bomb or a recently planted mine."

There are over 100,000 unexploded landmines in [[Afghanistan]], planted in recent and older conflicts by the [[w:Soviet|Soviet]] military and the [[w:Taliban|Taliban]]. An average of sixty people a month are killed by mines.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/landmine_kills_four_afghan_civilians_136377
|title=Landmine kills four Afghan civilians
|author=
|pub=Australian Associated Press
|date=November 26, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL175017.htm
|title=Landmine kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan
|author=Hamid Shalizi
|pub=Reuters
|date=26 November, 2007}}

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[[Category:Asia]]
[[Category:Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
Four civilians driving southwest of Kabul were killed after a landmine exploded underneath their car. The head of criminal investigation in the Kabul police force, Ali Shah Paktiawal issued the following statement on the matter: "It was an old landmine that exploded in the Char Asiab District this morning and killed four people. It was not a roadside bomb or a recently planted mine."

There are over 100,000 unexploded landmines in Afghanistan, planted in recent and older conflicts by the Soviet military and the Taliban. An average of sixty people a month are killed by mines.
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