KABUL (Pajhwok): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says hundreds of people are affected by landmines and other unexploded ordnances in Afghanistan every year.
On the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the ICRC tweeted: “Every year, hundreds of people become victims of landmines and other unexploded ordinance in Afghanistan.”
As recently as two days ago, two children of a family were killed when an unexploded rocket shell went off in the Syedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province.
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