Mine event in Farah, Farah area, Afghanistan on Wed 19th October 2022

A mortar shell explosion in Farah province in southwestern Afghanistan resulted in the death of a young man, the Taliban-controlled media reported. According to Bakhtar state news agency, the Taliban-run media in Afghanistan, the mortar explosion took place on Wednesday evening, October 19, in the Farah Rod district of Farah province. A 20-year-old man is said to be the incident’s victim. According to the Bakhtar report, this young man lived in the Khwaja Khazar region, and the explosion occurred at his house. It is still not clear how the mortar shell exploded in the residential house. In a previous incident, local Taliban authorities reported that a mortar shell explosion in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika resulted in the death of one child and the injury of another two. Children were playing with an unexploded warhead when this incident occurred, on October 6, which resulted in one child dying and two others getting injured. Numerous civilians have been killed in Afghanistan over the years by landmines, mortar rounds, unexploded ordnance, and other similar weapons, particularly children. Afghanistan’s four decades of conflict have resulted in a significant number of fatalities, severe injuries, and even worse; however, unexploded ordnance and other war remnants continue to claim lives, especially Afghan children.