Roadside mines kill 3 children in Afghanistan

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, file photo, Afghan security personnel inspect the site of roadside bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan says the number of civilian casualties in the country’s conflict rose by 3 percent in 2016. The U.N. 2016 Annual Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Afghanistan was released Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

KABUL: A government official says two roadside mines possibly meant for later use against security forces have exploded in a residential area in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province, killing three children.

Arif Noori, spokesman for the governor of Ghazi province, said Friday that the mines detonated today in the remote Gilan district, killing three children and wounding seven others.

On Thursday night, Taliban attacks on security posts in Ghazni city killed two national police and wounded four others.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.