Afghanistan, June 9 -- An explosion in Afghanistan's Paktika province killed seven people, including five children, and injured four others, officials said.
At least seven people, including five children, were killed and four others injured after an unexploded artillery shell detonated in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, local Taliban authorities said on Tuesday.
The blast occurred on Monday evening in the village of Dangar Lagad in Barmal district, according to a statement from the Taliban police command in Paktika.
Authorities said the explosion happened when a local resident collecting scrap metal attempted to open the shell and reuse it as a metal tool. The device exploded, killing two adult men and five children at the scene....