Afghanchildren in MaiwandDistrict, in Kandahar Afghanistan are seenonthenarrow pathways in their villagebetweencompounds they live in, which are allmadeofmud.
However, Javeed Faisal, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, said the coalition patrol hit the bomb in the Maiwanddistrict of the province, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban.
Last year, four U.S. Army soldiers were convicted of deliberately murdering Afghan civilians for sport, and of collecting their body parts as trophies, in the Maiwanddistrict that neighbors Panjway in 2010.