MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - Two Russian citizens were injured, one of them seriously, in a mine explosion in northern Afghanistan Saturday, the Russian consulate general said Sunday. Yuri Kolotukhin and Samit Sadykhov of the Russian Trading House sustained various wounds, the consulate's spokesman in Mazar-e-Sharif said.
"The incident occurred at 4pm local time near the Hayraton checkpoint 70 km (about 45 miles) from Mazar-e-Sharif," the spokesman said. He said that the injured had been taken to a hospital in the town of Termez by Russian consulate employees, and Kolotukhin had undergone several operations since then.
"Kolotukhin had to have one of his legs and four fingers on the right hand amputated. He is in stable condition now," he said, adding that Sadykhov had received minor fragmentation wounds.
The diplomat said the Russian Trading House's employees had arrived in the country on business.
