An explosive device went off in Hasan Khil district of the eastern Paktia, and One child has been killed and three others sustained injury.

Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)_Monitoring, Quoting police sources, the incident took place in Ahmad Khil area of Hasan Khil district on Tuesday evening, and the ill-fated children were playing with a toy-like device but it exploded, causing the casualties. Tolonews reported.

A similar incident claimed the life of a child and injured two others in Burka district of the northern Baghlan province 10 days ago.

Afghanistan has been regarded as the most mine-contaminated country as countless unexploded ordnances including anti-personnel mines have been left over from the past more than four decades of wars, which often kill or maim innocent people, mostly the children.