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July 22nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Abdolraouf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the 606 Ansar Regional Commands, said that the incident occurred on Saturday night, when seven children aged 8-15 were gathering iron tools from an area in the village of Asiachi.
He added that the injured were transferred to Gozare hospital.
Security forces in Herat expressed concern over the rise in the number of casualties caused by road side bomb explosions, saying Afghan government should take serious measures to clear the country from explosives.
Roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon the Taliban militants use against Afghan forces, foreign troops, and civilians.
The homemade explosives accounted for half of the about 1,500 civilian deaths in the first six months of last year, according to the United Nations.
Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of some 130,000 US-led forces in the war-torn country.
The United Nations announced on February 4 that 2011 was the deadliest year on record for Afghan civilians. The death toll for the civilians rose eight percent compared to the year before and was roughly double the figure for 2007.
Washington invaded Afghanistan in 2001 under the pretext of combating terrorism.
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