KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): A police officer in southern Kandahar province has defused more than 10,000 landmines, thereby saving thousands of lives.
1st Lt. Sirajuddin Afghanmal has been serving in Zherai, Panjwai and Maiwand districts of Kandahar over the past 12 years.
Afghanmal’s job is onerous and different from that of his colleagues, as he detects and defuses bombs without having any advanced tools.
He has only one mine detector, a pair of scissors and a bayonet for demining operations. The 35 years old, in exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, said he . . .
