Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 15, 2018 The HALO Trust demining group says it has cleared Afghanistan’s Herat Province of landmines as part of a 10-year project funded by the British government. The organization said on February 15 that its Afghan staff had cleared more than 600 minefields in the western province, an effort it said has
Tolo News: Report: “At least 100 people lose their lives in mines and unexploded ordnance explosions every month in Afghanistan.” Afghanistan’s people are world’s second worst-hit victims of landmines and unexploded ordinance after the people of Yemen, a report by the organization Landmines Monitor has shown. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 12, 2017 Four children were killed when they played with a mortar in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province, police said on April 11. Seven other children were wounded, said police spokesman Mafuz Akbari. The explosion took place in Qasaban village of Chahardarah district on April 10. Chahardarah is a Taliban stronghold
Reuters: It’s been decades since the Russians laid millions of landmines in Afghanistan, and the explosives are still taking lives. Now funding to clear the mines is shrinking, and a rising Taliban insurgency is complicating things. Reuters Correspondent Josh Smith says the victims of all this are mostly children. Click here to watch video (external
AFP: Former refugees Massoud and Mahmud Hassani stunned the world three years ago with an invention like a dandelion puffball that sought to rid the world of landmines. Now the Afghan brothers are back with their latest creation: a low-cost drone to detect and destroy mines, which each year claim thousands of lives. Click here to read
KABUL, April 26 (Xinhua) — The Afghan National Army personnel had found and defused 26 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and landmines in two southern provinces, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. “The army bomb disposal teams discovered and defused 26 IEDs and landmines in Shorabak and Shah Wali Kot districts of Kandahar province and Nawbahar
Ozy: I’m standing in a minefield on the side of a mountain in Afghanistan. In a few moments, a land mine will explode. The mine goes off. A controlled detonation. On the side of a mountain, in a remote part of Afghanistan, a team from MACCA is sweeping and digging for land mines. The Taliban frequently
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 2, 2016 Afghan officials say 11 mine clearers have been kidnapped by gunmen in the west of the country. Police in Herat Province said on April 2 that all 11 were Afghans employed by the HALO Trust mine-clearing organization and that they had been abducted on April 1. A military operation has been
Tolo News: The United Nations Mine Action Center for Afghanistan (UNMACA) has raised deep concerns over a surge in civilian casualties caused by landmine explosions in Afghanistan, calling on the warring sides to ensure the safety of civilians. The statistics revealed by UNMACA shows that on average every month up to 100 people are killed or
KABUL, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — Afghan army has found and defused 17 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in two southern provinces, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “The Afghan National Army’s 205 Attal Corps personnel launched several cleanup operations in southern Kandahar and neighboring Uruzgan provinces, recovering 17 rounds of landmines and IEDs over the