KABUL as still about 100 people, mostly children, were either killed or wounded each month.
Wais Ahmad Barmak, talking about International Mine Awareness Day, said around 140 civilians were either killed or maimed in blasts caused by improvised explosive devices or IEDs in the country each month.
He said it was a matter of great concern that 70 percent of the victims were children.
The country’s 40 percent soil was contaminated with landmines and IEDs in the past wars and 30,000 hectares . . .
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Navid Ahmad Barakzai
