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July 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Sarhadi Zwak, a Laghman provincial spokesman, said the incident took place on Tuesday when a 13-year-old boy hammered an unexploded wartime mine with a stone in a house in the city of Mehter Lam.
Zwak said the boy was killed and four other members of his family were wounded and taken to a local hospital.
Earlier this year, a UN body warned that nearly 1.3 million Afghans are at risk from landmines and other unexploded ordnance, which have littered Afghanistan during past conflicts.
“We know exactly where these minefields are. They are all over the country,” said Alan Macdonald, program director for the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA).
“By the end of 2011, there remained 6,048 hazardous areas affecting 588 kilometers (365 miles) across 1,930 communities,” he said.
Some 375 people were killed or injured by anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines or unexploded ordnance in 2011, according to the MACCA.
Meanwhile, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), also referred to as roadside bombs, are by far the most lethal weapon the Taliban militants use against Afghan forces, US-led foreign troops, and civilians.
Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of about 130,000 US-led forces in the war-torn country.
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