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| Taywara in green - Districts of Ghor. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
They were grazing farm animals when the device went off in the Taywara district of western Ghor province, said provincial police chief Dilawar Shah.
He said the spring was located in an area that has seen recent fighting between insurgents and police forces, and added that the children accidentally triggered the device as they were grazing cattle.
He said the bomb was intended for security forces that use the same spring as a water supply.
President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing.
In other violence, the US military said that one of its troops had been killed in western Afghanistan.
The death brings the number of foreign troops killed this month to 36, and the total for this year to 251. Of those, at least 155 have been Americans.
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from af news:
KABUL - At least seven cattle-grazing Afghan children were killed when a bomb, apparently planted by insurgents to target police, exploded when the unsuspecting shepherd boys were playing with the explosive device, officials said Wednesday.
The explosion occurred Tuesday when the bomb planted next to a fresh water spring in the Taywara district of western Ghor province exploded. The targets were Afghan police who collect their drinking supplies at the spring, said provincial police chief Dilawar Shah.
Shah said the children accidentally triggered the device, as they were grazing cattle.
"The bomb was to target security forces who come to the spring to collect their water supply," Shah said.
President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing.
According to police officials, the area where the spring is located had seen recent fighting between insurgents and police forces.
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