[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A child has lost life and three others sustained injuries in a kaboom in southern Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province, an official said on Sunday.
Omar Zwak, spokesperson for the governor told Azadi Radio that the incident took place in Khanashin district late yesterday.
He said two of the three children maimed in the blast are at death's door.
According to the governor’s spokesperson, the bomb had been planted by armed opponents for security forces but it went off on civilians.
When Helmand officials say armed opponents they usually mean Taliban.
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
the group’s spokesperson has not yet commented on the report.
Taliban group has a strong presence in Helmand province and currently there are heavy festivities between them and security forces in part of this restive province.