KABUL needed international assistance to clear its 20 percent of land still containing landmines.
United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA) director Mohammad Sediq Rashid said millions of landmines and unexploded ordnance had been detected and defused during the past 26 years in Afghanistan, but still 20 percent of the country’s land remained littered with the deadly weapons.
He said the munitions -- leftover from the previous wars and from the decade-old conflict -- continued to threaten the lives of Afghans.
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