GHAZNI – An explosion has killed 15 children and injured another 20 people in the east Afghan province of Ghazni, officials and police sources say.
The reason for the explosion in the Gilan district is unclear with officials saying a bomb went off in the back of a rickshaw.
But local residents suggest a piece of unexploded ordnance blew up when children tried to sell it to a vendor.
A bomb went off after a man driving a motorised rickshaw entered the village and was surrounded by children, Wahidullah Jumazada, a spokesman for the Ghazni provincial governor, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
He added that the death toll could be higher.
Police spokesman Ahmad Khan accused the Taliban of carrying out an attack, AFP news agency reports. (BBC)
