An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a Taliban spokesman said Monday. The mine, which the children found near ...

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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated on Sunday that Afghanistan has become one of the most heavily mine-affected countries globally, posing a significant threat to the ...

LOGAR, Afghanistan — Somewhere in the Logar mountains, overlooking the highway to Kabul, Asadullah Massoud trudged up to a four-story-tall cleft. Before him was a monochromatic pattern of gray stone, ...

Afghanistan's rocky landscape contains underground minerals estimated to be worth a trillion dollars - Copyright AFP Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN Afghanistan's rocky landscape ...

The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the devices that kills a child every other day in ...

China has called on Afghanistan to thoroughly investigate an attack that killed one of its nationals in northern Takhar province. A Chinese citizen, surnamed Li, who was associated with a mining ...

WASHINGTON -- Long after the repressive Taliban regime is gone and foreign soldiers have departed, Afghanistan will remain an exceptionally dangerous and unforgiving place. That is the legacy that ...

The Taliban's return to power following the end of its 20-year insurgency could have aided demining efforts by opening up territory previously inaccessible due to fighting. Many foreign governments ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Kneeling in the hot morning sun, a few men carefully poke and prod at the baked earth on the outskirts of the Afghan capital. As cars and trucks drive past just a few yards away, ...

At least 10 miners died in Afghanistan after being trapped underground when a coal mine collapsed in the northern province of Baghlan, an official said Thursday. Thirteen workers were trapped when the ...

KABUL, Aug 12 (Reuters) - For around $2 a day some Afghan children as young as 10 work long hours in the country's coal mines with no safety gear and, until now, no government mining policy to protect ...