{"id":13434,"date":"2026-05-20T10:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/20\/explosion-unknown-object-helmand-kills-children\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:15:28","slug":"explosion-unknown-object-helmand-kills-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/20\/explosion-unknown-object-helmand-kills-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion of Unknown Object in Helmand Kills Two Children, Injures Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local authorities in Helmand province report that the explosion of an unknown explosive object in Khanashin district has killed two children and injured their mother. The incident occurred this morning in the village of Qala Sabz in the district.<\/p>\n<p>Naser Ahmad Mohajer, spokesperson for the Helmand police under the Taliban administration, stated that the incident happened around 9 a.m. when the children were preparing tea. According to him, they threw an unknown explosive object into the fire, which caused the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>According to the information provided, the two children died on the spot, and their mother was seriously injured. No further details have been released about the mother\u2019s medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have urged residents to avoid handling suspicious and unknown objects and to report such findings to security agencies. However, the continued occurrence of such incidents indicates that the threat of leftover explosive materials still endangers civilians, especially children, in some areas, highlighting the urgent need for heightened awareness and clearance operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explosion of an unknown object in Helmand&#8217;s Khanashin district killed two children and injured their mother, raising concerns over leftover explosive threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}