DAVID GREENE, HOST: We do not know the names of at least 10 young children killed yesterday as they were collecting firewood in Afghanistan. The children - all girls - are said to range in age from nine to 11. They died in an apparently bomb blast in a province east of Kabul. Two others were wounded. It was not immediately clear if the explosion was caused by a newly planted bomb or a previously unexploded land mine left over from decades of conflict. The area near the border with Pakistan does harbor many Taliban insurgents.
An official says at least 10 young girls were killed in eastern Afghanistan Saturday when a bomb went off as they were gathering firewood. It was not immediately clear if the explosion was caused by a newly planted bomb or a previously unexploded landmine, left over from decades of conflict.