Leaflet drop killed Afghan girl

A young girl was killed in Afghanistan after a box of public information flyers was dropped on her by a plane.

News agency AFP says the leaflets were dropped from a Royal Air Force plane over Afghanistan's Helmand province in June.

"Sadly one of the boxes failed to fully open and on landing caused serious injuries to an Afghan child," an RAF spokesman told AFP.

"The child was treated at the local medical facility in Kandahar where, despite the best efforts of staff, she died as a result of her injuries."

- NZ HERALD STAFF