A 12-year-old boy named Hemmat was killed on 25 October 2026 when an old unexploded munition he was playing with detonated in Gandumak area, Sherzad district, N
Summary
A 12-year-old boy named Hemmat was killed on 25 October 2026 when an old unexploded munition he was playing with detonated in Gandumak area, Sherzad district, Nangarhar. Taliban officials reported the incident, which follows a similar blast in Shinwar district that killed four children.
Where
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Placed to district level. Sources name the district; no coordinates have been established, and the exact address is withheld.
Legal classification
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Killing of civilians in attack · primary
ICCPR Art. 6; IHL
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Violence against children
CRC Art. 19, 6
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Also coded as: Children's rights
Sources
One report only. Nothing corroborates it yet, which is why this entry is graded single-source rather than confirmed.
How this entry was made
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Afghanistan Human Rights Center, “A 12-year-old boy named Hemmat was killed on 25 October 2026 when an old unexploded munition he was playing with detonated in Gandumak area, Sherzad district, N”, entry AHRC-2026-1025-NAN-01, grade: Single-source, 2026-10-25. Retrieved 28 October 2026.