Demining Worker Killed, 8 Wounded in Zabul Blast
[Tolo News] A member of Demining team was killed and eight others were maimed in a mine blast in southern Zabul, local officials said Monday.
The incident took place in Qalat, the historic provincial capital, when a vehicle of demining personnel struck a landmine, a front man for Provincial Police Chief, Fawad Askari told TOLOnews.
"The mine went kaboom! near a military base in Qalat shortly after the demining personnel arrived in the area," he said.
The injured were in a critical condition, he continued.
No group including the Taliban has so far grabbed credit for planting mine.
Posted by: Fred 2015-07-14 |