KABUL, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Two Afghan children were killed and two others sustained injuries following a landmine blast in Afghanistan's northern province of Faryab, Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs said Wednesday.
"The incident happened late on Tuesday, in Chaghatak area of Almar district, where a landmine, placed by terrorists, went off, leaving two children who were grazing their flocks dead and two others wounded," the ministry said in a statement.
Taliban militants and Islamic State fighters have been using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to make roadside bombs and landmines to target security forces, but the lethal home-made weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.
Elsewhere, in eastern Paktia province, two militants were killed when an IED they were planting along a road detonated accidently, according to the statement.
