Eight Afghan police officers have been arrested after six children were killed when a rocket was fired into a river to catch fish.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the incident took place on August 30 in the Doshi district of northern Baghlan Province.
It said one of the officers fired a rocket-propelled grenade into the water.
The rocket went astray and killed the children, who were playing on the other side of the river. Two others were wounded.
A provincial spokesman, Ahmad Jawid Basharat, said the children were aged between 10 and 14.
Using such weapons to fish is not uncommon in Afghanistan.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the incident took place on August 30 in the Doshi district of northern Baghlan Province.
It said one of the officers fired a rocket-propelled grenade into the water.
The rocket went astray and killed the children, who were playing on the other side of the river. Two others were wounded.
A provincial spokesman, Ahmad Jawid Basharat, said the children were aged between 10 and 14.
Using such weapons to fish is not uncommon in Afghanistan.
